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| Architectural mess ruins new emergency block of GMC | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: To cater to healthcare needs of ever-increasing rush of patients in old emergency of Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH), government established additional block of emergency, but that has also failed to serve purpose due to ill conceived architecture and lack of facilities.
Heart of the matter is that even the doctors and paramedics are not satisfied with the facilities available in the new emergency block. It is pertinent to mention here that old emergency of the hospital has shortage of many essential equipments besides space was not adequate to accommodate heavy rush of patients.
A doctor deployed on duty, on the condition of anonymity, said they had been facing shortage of infrastructure and other required facilities owing to which they have not been able to give satisfactory treatment to the patients. He added, “There are only two toilets for patients i.e. one each in ground floor and first floor. But there is no separate toilet facility available for doctors. It seems that architectural advice had not been taken by the department before designing the structure.”
He further said that cabins made to examine the patients are so small that patients cannot be examined inside. He disclosed that there are only two ventilators in the emergency. Attendant with a patient namely Gulu Devi from Akhnoor alleged that doctors were not attending to her.
However, the Casualty Medical Officer (CMO) refused to comment over the state of affairs. She maintained that she was not supposed to answer the media queries. When contacted, Medical Superintendent, GMCH Manoj Chalotra said that Jammu Kashmir Project Construction Company (JKPCC) is responsible for the maintenance of new emergency block.
He admitted that design of the block is ill conceived and blamed JKPCC for the space constraints. He further said that as far as shortage of staff is concerned, administration appointed ten more staff nurses from Srinagar on contractual basis.
Pertinently, the people are impatiently waiting for the functioning of Super Specialty Hospital in Jammu, but there is no guarantee that this hospital will retain the needed infrastructure and other required facilities for the health care of the people.
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