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| Stinking toilets in emergency wing expose sanitation claims | | | Bijay Charak
Jammu, Sept 17: Despite claims of sanitation campaigns, a visit to the emergency wing of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) and its stinking toilets exposes the insensitivity of the administration towards cleanliness.
The condition of toilet in the emergency wing is pathetic and it was impossible even to stand there for a while.
The toilets are overflowing with sewage and filthy water and foul smell emanating from there made it difficult for patients. The leaking pipes, dysfunctional faucets and stinking toilets gave testimony of the administration's neglect.
Patients and their attendants are facing tough time particularly in the emergency ward due to poor maintenance of the toilets. The unhygienic conditions in the Emergency ward have in fact become the talk of the town which is spoiling the reputation of the hospital. While authorities claim that due to heavy rush of patients, they do no not get sufficient time to clean the toilets, patients and their attendants rue that they run the risk of catching severe infections inside the hospital premises. Rameshwar Kumar, an attendant, said that the toilets of the Emergency ward remain in a pathetic and untidy condition, most of the times. He has no choice but to go out of the Emergency ward to relieve himself as he cannot afford to stand even for a few seconds in the unhygienic toilets. He said that the washbasins and sinks of the toilets were always filled with unhygienic stuff and urinals were also in a bad condition. This poses a serious threat to the health of thousands of people visiting the emergency ward of the hospital every day. The authorities are least bothered about this. Hospital sources said that the administration was doing only paper work to resolve the problem but nothing on the ground has been done. Not only patients and attendants but the hospital staff was also faced with the problem of stinking toilets. "The emergency ward also presents a picture of chaos and confusion due to rush of patients attendants. The hospital authorities have failed to regulate the number of attendants accompanying each patient resulting in heavy rush of caretakers in the emergency wing of the hospital", sources said. When contacted Medical Superintendent GMCH, Dr Ravinder Rattan Pal said that the hospital authorities have been facing dearth of sanitary staff and to deal with the issue, they have started outsourcing. "There are a large number of people visiting the emergency ward of the hospital every day, so sometimes due to the lack of sufficient staff toilets are left in a bad condition. But in coming few days, all toilets will be inspected and proper action would be taken", he said. |
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