Despite good job in health sector Delhi govt. hospitals are still in mess

After the excellent pro people initiative launched by the Delhi government in terms of free distribution of medicines for almost all types of deseases in various government hospitals, dispensaries and polyclinics the rush of the patients hailing from resettlement colonies, JJ clusters, and various localities around the radius of three kilometres has increased manifold with the queues for old and new registrations and medicines in OPDs’ enhancing in thousands.

One such hospital situated in outer Delhi’s Rohini known as Dr. Ambedkar Hospital andMedical College, catering to the infinite numbers of patients hailing from the economically deprived classes, lower middle class sections and those at lowest ebb of the society is in real mess with patients forming long queues till the outside boundary of the hospitalfor hours together under the scorching sun, particularly the women and the senior citizens holding childs on their laps.

Though there are separate counters for staff, senior citizens and the common patients but keeping in view the excessive intake of patients these counters are too less as compared to the infinite number of patients thronging the hospital daily.

In view of the increasing rush the counters close at 12.oo noon resulting in half of the patients going back without treatment despite standing in queues for their turns to come. This is aweful as majority of the patients hail for the economically deprived classes who can’t afford to go to private clinics for treatments and medical examinations and come to the hospital leaving their daily wage earnings.

In addition to this problem, the hospital is not centrally airconditioned whereas all the other administrative offices including the rooms of the doctors and the pharmacists are fully airconditioned. The fans are non functional and the patients and their families suffer tremendously in this hot summer when the temperature is rising beyond limits.

The Medical Suprintendent or the senior officials hardly take rounds of the hospital and wards to ensure cleanliness and convenience of the poor and hapless patients standing in queues for hours together. After all, its their prime duty to ensure comfort and convenience to the poor and hapless patients rubbing shoulders in the hospital corridors for treatment of various ailments. Not only this but the beds inthe wards are in limited numbers with two to three patients accomodated in a single bed. The wards are in bad shape lacking adequate cleanlinesswith rubbish lying around giving foul smell.

There is not an inkling of doubt that the present government of AAP in Delhi has done tremendously outstanding in terms of providing better health facilities to the patients irrespective of class difference but still lot needs to be done to improve the lot of these hospitals to provide convenience to patients in the delievery of treatment and medicines.

The best course of remedy would be to open at least ten more counters each in the registration and medicine delievery sections of Delhi government hospitals like Dr. Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini, Delhi sections including increase in the time of consultation from three to five PM on daily basis compounded with appointment of more doctors. Special impetus should also be given towards keepingthe hospital neat and clean including its wards and subsequent enhancingthe number of beds

While appreciating the welcome initiative of the AAP government of Delhi in revolutionising the health sector through lots of improvements there is an urgent need for opening more and more counters in registration and medicine delivery section at the earliest with more appointments of pharmacists as well.

Hope the chief minister of Delhi will acede to these most genuine and burning demands and do the needful expeditiously in wider public interest.