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| Kashmir's B&J Hospital suffers Govt apathy | | Not a single bed added in four decades | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 27: Life has not been an easy for Hamida after her right leg was fractured in an accident three weeks ago. For 10 days she had no relief at Bone and Joint Hospital Srinagar, despite given some medications.
The doctors had advised her to follow a particular posture for a week, which she couldn't do as the hospital had no space to accommodate her. She had to share a bed with another patient, which led to deterioration of her health. Now doctors have implanted pins in her leg.
"Last week when I took my mother to hospital for the check, there was no bed available," her son Sahil said. "We kept her on the trolley for three hours as no bed was available," he said.
There are hundreds of patients like her who go to Kashmir's Bone and Joint Hospital daily, and go through same ordeal.
The hospital lacks everything and craves for basic necessities. Even the World Bank report has declared the existing building of the hospital "unsafe". Cramped of enough room, two to three patients have to share a single bed or spend nights on trolleys. Asif Ahmad, a resident of Baramulla had fracture in his arm earlier this month. "I was admitted to the hospital for a week. The hospital has only one X-ray plant which is not able to cater to the needs of huge number of patients," he said. "I had to wait for three hours to get my X-ray done."
The patients and the officials said there is no drinking water available besides washrooms are in a dilapidated condition. "The sanitation and lack of beds is main problem in the hospital," an official of the hospital said. The official said the successive governments have shown no concern for up gradation of the hospital. "The hospital administration can't do anything unless the government takes measures for its up gradation," the official said. "Thousands of patients along with their relatives come to the hospital every day. The maintenance of toilets is a problem. We don't have proper security available here, who could restrict the number of attendants."
A senior official said it caters patients from across the valley. "Due to opening of Mughal road, the patient rush has increased from Kishtwar and Doda districts. The bed strength is same what was in 1982," he said.
The Bone and Joint Hospital at Barzulla was dedicated to public in 1982. It started as 150 bedded hospitals and there has been no increase in its intake capacity since then. |
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