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| Valley's pvt hospitals turning into money minting machines | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 12: Risking the lives of patients, most of the private hospitals and nursing homes in Kashmir have failed to put requisite facilities and have become money minting machines for their proprietors. According to the official details, 44 private hospitals and nursing homes are registered with the department of Health Services Kashmir. They charge the patients as per their will and there is no check on them as Government has failed to regulate their working.
Officials said, of these 44 private hospitals and nursing homes, only two are having the registration of their blood bank.
Officials said the other hospitals were given registrations after they were affiliated with the government hospitals and said they procure blood from there at the time of emergency.
A senior medico of SMHS Hospital said it is necessary for every hospital to have its own blood bank.
"If there are complications during the surgery or at the time of emergency, these hospitals most of the times shift patients to tertiary care government hospitals thus risking the lives of patients," the medico said. "These hospitals have only turned money minting machines for their owners which generate them crores of rupees annually."
An official of health department said a team of officials inspect hospitals prior to its registration. "Their registration is also being renewed every three years. We check their manpower, infrastructure and they also have to get the NOC from the fire services department, pollution control department and municipal committees," he said. However, sources said these hospitals only keep the required facilities available when any inspection team visit them but fails to get NOCs from the concerned agencies.
Except few, these hospitals have no accident and emergency units, which is compulsory for every hospital. Barring a few, these hospitals also lack intensive care units, ventilators and the diagnostic facilities.
It has also been seen that patient load in government hospitals force people to turn to private hospitals for treatment. But there is no regulation of rates and patients are being charged as per the will of proprietors of these hospitals. "Most of these hospitals are charging patients with hefty sums for consultations and surgeries which varies from hospital to hospital."
Official sources said the Health department had issued directions to these hospitals to provide the details of medicos serving there. "But, they have only provide the details of local doctors not the outsiders who come from different parts of the country and treat patients in these hospitals," the official said.
Officials said there should have been a proper accountability whether the doctors serving in private hospitals are holding genuine degrees. "We don't know the credentials of the outside medicos serving in private hospitals and clinics. There must be some accountability from where these doctors including the allopathic doctors have received the degrees," a senior medico said.
Former Health Minister, Chowdhary Lal Singh had said these hospitals won't be allowed to perform surgeries till they set up all necessary facilities. "I have also directed the officials to check the facilities in these hospitals. A committee has also been set up to look into un-registered private hospitals in the Valley," Lal Singh had said.
Despite that surgeries are being performed in these hospitals which lack basic facilities thus putting lives of people at risk. |
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