I have been covering the health services and hospitals in Delhi over the last three months. Here is one of my gory experiences when I visited one of the city-based Government hospital.
Yesterday, I received information from one of my source that a serious patient is being denied to use stretcher at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital for several hours because the person who brought him to the hospital did not have Rs 100 to pay as security deposit.
Later, the doctors refused to touch him since the patient was not in good condition to be admitted. The family was forced to give him a makeshift bath in one of the toilets of the hospitals, which was in pitiable condition.
After that I personally visited the hospital and found that the toilets in it are really in pathetic condition. Believe me, when I showed the photographs to my colleagues, everybody was really surprised by seeing the conditions. They were unhygienic, undoubtedly worse than any public toilet block roadside…
The emergency block of the hospital was constructed recently where crores of rupees were spend.
You visit any government hospital for treatment across the city, but after looking at the conditions of the toilets and behavior of staffs over there, you won't feel like going to these hospitals again, rather spending money and going to private clinics.
Crores of money spend on renovation of hospitals, costly stones and tiles are being fitted in the floors and walls of old building, but where is sanctity?
I can say it is shame for us. Who will maintain the cleanliness of these government funded hospital? I hope concern people will definitely look into these matters.
What do you think of conditions of hospitals in Delhi. Write in your feedback@ : amit.delhi.journalist@gmail.com
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