| Docs, diagnostic centres nexus at Vijaypur hospital | | | Gurdas Kumar
Early Times Report
Vijaypur, May 9: The nexus between some doctors and private diagnostic centres has been going unabated at Government Emergency Hospital Vijaypur.
Despite X-ray facility in the hospital, doctors have been reportedly forcing patients to get X-rays done from private diagnostic centres located outside the hospital.
Although thousands of rupees were spent on the hoardings of new Health Minister by the authorities to appease him, the doctors of the hospital tell the patients that the X-ray machine doesn't give good results and ask them to get it done from private centres.
"This practice ostensibly proves nexus between doctors and private diagnostic centres, as the doctors receive heavy commission for sending patients to them," sources said.
A patient namely Rakesh Kumar, 30, who was suffering from ankle injury, went to Government Accidental Hospital Vijaypur for treatment on May 8 where he got OPD ticket for Orthopaedics consultant. After examining, the doctor advised him X-ray and asked him to get it done from a private diagnostic centre despite having the facility at hospital. When the patient insisted for X-ray from the hospital, the doctor present on the occasion said that the hospital machine is not giving good result.
Interestingly, the patient went to a diagnostic centre known to him where he was charged a reasonable amount. When he came back to hospital, on seeing the X-ray, the doctor didn't entertain him as the patient didn't get it done from his choice centre, sources alleged.
More shockingly, the pregnant women admitted in the hospital are asked to buy medicines from private shops, despite the fact that pregnant women are given all types of facilities including medicines free of cost from the hospital. Some doctors, forgetting all ethics, force patients to purchase medicines from the market, sources alleged.
On being neglected by the doctor, a patient went to Incharge Medical Officer, Dr Swami in the hospital and narrated the entire story. But the MO ruled out any such practice.
When CMO Samba, Rajinder Sambyal, was contacted by Early Times, he said that the X-ray machine in the hospital was working well. He said he would take action against the erring doctors. |
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