DHB lacks basic medicare facilities: Patients, attendants
Mir Tariq Bandipora, July 27: The patients admitted in District Hospital Bandipora (DHB) and their attendants have complained that the hospital lacks basic facilities. The patients alleged that that there is no light arrangement in the hospital. They further complained that hospital also faces shortage of oxygen cylinders. They also accused doctors of not attending to the patients in the evening hours.Attendants of a patient Muhammad Fazili of Gamroo, 75, of Bandipora, who is admitted in DHB said, “On the advise of doctors, we admitted the patient in the hospital. When we entered the ward there was no arrangement of light and fans. The ward is full of mosquitoes and house flies and these will further complicate the problems of a patient,” he said, adding, “A patient needs clean and hygienic environment for his or her recovery”.Another attendant, Zeeshan Rafiqi told Rising Kashmir, “Our patient needed oxygen but to our surprise the hospital was not having oxygen, which is the basic requirement in the hospital". The attendants of patients said that the hospital lacks the basic infrastructure. “The doctors and medical assistants are not available in their rooms in the evening. We had to move from room to room to search the doctor so that he can attend to the patient, who developed complications,” said Akhtar Husain, an attendant of a patient. A patient admitted in the hospital said that on occasions even glucose drips have to be purchased from the markets. He said that besides the hospital does not have any generator to cope up with any emergency situation. A hospital employee, pleading anonymity, said “We have informed our superiors about the problems being faced due to non availability of oxygen and drugs. The officials are not doing anything to improve the medicare facilities in the hospital”.When contacted, Director Health Dr Muzaffar Ahmad said he will talk to the concerned BMO in this regard. “I will personally be visiting the District Hospital Bandipora to ascertain the facts and problems being confronted by patients and their attendants,” he added.