JORHAT, Oct 4: Want to be admitted to the Jorhat Civil Hospital for treatment? Rent a camp cot from outside for Rs 50, unfold it in the wide corridor upstairs which doubles as a general ward and lay thyself down for inspection. Though Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduled to inaugurate the Jorhat Civil Hospital and Medical College on October 12, the scene inside is a far cry of what can be expected of a an upgraded hospital and medical college.
A senior doctor said on the condition of anonymity that the civil hospital was functioning with severe shortage of beds, wards and other facilities.
“There is need for at least one more ward and 30 more beds and we have sent indents for beds, pillows, covers and sheets a long time back but these are yet to be passed by the Government”, the doctor said.
One ward is being repaired and will be opened shortly again but we badly need another ward”, he said. Only one ward is functioning at present at upstairs and the excess patients are being accommodated in the corridor outside the ward.
The doctor stated that though the number of patients admitted to the hospital had doubled or may be tripled but there had not been a commensurate increase in facilities or even staff.
This correspondent saw at least twelve camp cots laid out in the corridor and a man with about another half a dozen such beds waiting patiently for the next person to be admitted.
The doctor further informed that the 35 doctors who were on duty here were overworked not only with hospital work but also with extraneous work so that the upgraded hospital could be inaugurated in time by the Chief Minister.
Although 22 more specialists had been recruited recently for the medical college, only seven were serving here at present, the others being engaged in the capital for “scrutiny” and other work.
“The seven doctors here are also not co-operating and do not answer calls in connection with maternal delivery cases or night duty”, the doctor alleged.
At a time when the Jorhat Civil Hospital was on its way to function as the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital instead of being able to cater to the demands of the ever-increasing number of patients, the rented camp cots upstairs told a very different story. THE SENTINEL
A senior doctor said on the condition of anonymity that the civil hospital was functioning with severe shortage of beds, wards and other facilities.
“There is need for at least one more ward and 30 more beds and we have sent indents for beds, pillows, covers and sheets a long time back but these are yet to be passed by the Government”, the doctor said.
One ward is being repaired and will be opened shortly again but we badly need another ward”, he said. Only one ward is functioning at present at upstairs and the excess patients are being accommodated in the corridor outside the ward.
The doctor stated that though the number of patients admitted to the hospital had doubled or may be tripled but there had not been a commensurate increase in facilities or even staff.
This correspondent saw at least twelve camp cots laid out in the corridor and a man with about another half a dozen such beds waiting patiently for the next person to be admitted.
The doctor further informed that the 35 doctors who were on duty here were overworked not only with hospital work but also with extraneous work so that the upgraded hospital could be inaugurated in time by the Chief Minister.
Although 22 more specialists had been recruited recently for the medical college, only seven were serving here at present, the others being engaged in the capital for “scrutiny” and other work.
“The seven doctors here are also not co-operating and do not answer calls in connection with maternal delivery cases or night duty”, the doctor alleged.
At a time when the Jorhat Civil Hospital was on its way to function as the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital instead of being able to cater to the demands of the ever-increasing number of patients, the rented camp cots upstairs told a very different story. THE SENTINEL
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