GMC has no ambulances to ferry dead patients depend on charity organisations
Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, Dec 3: Premier Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital facing acute shortage of ambulances to ferry dead bodies of patients who die in the hospital.
This despite the fact that health department and hospital management has been assuring that new fleet of ambulances will be put into service for the benefit of the patients.
Official’s source said that in absence of ambulances the available one are used for both ferrying the dead and injured patients, putting the life of the people at risk, as there is always threat of infections.
“People are now dependent on charity of private persons who have pressed their vehicles to carry the dead bodies. It is against the norms of medicine and raises question mark on the government which claims to have received award at national level”, said a source.
Surprisingly, when contacted Government Medical Superintendent (GMC) Dr.Manoj Chalotra doesn’t know how many ambulances are in the hospital, those are functioning or not. ‘I am not dealing with ambulances and I have no information with me. You better ask the concerned person,” Dr. Chalotra said.
When contacted, Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department Manoj Kumar Dwivedi said that he is also not aware about the data.
“I don’t have written information regarding the number of ambulances working in GMC on my table, so i dont have any knowledge. Let me check and then I will tell you”, Dwedi said.
Recently as poor sanitation in the GMC and other associated hospitals has become a major concern, they had approached Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to clear the solid waste, as there is shortage of manpower and equipment.
Officials said that hospital management is seeking the help of Municipal Corporation to ensure that solid waste dumped outside the premises is lifted so that it does not become breading ground for the diseases. At the moment a private sanitation company is handling the job in the hospital, but shortage of equipment and manpower is creating lot of problems.
Municipality is regularly providing one JCB, two trucks, one dust bin carrier and 12 personnel at the disposal of hospital management, which is facing the ire of the civil society, for failure to keep the area around the medical institutions clean.
OPD and Emergency wings of both the hospitals are facing huge pressure but we are making every effort to streamline the functioning of the hospitals. New equipments are being procured for the same.
The hospitals in the city also suffer due to poor sanitation since the drainage system has not been upgraded for the last two decades.
“Government should come up with a proper policy to keep GMC and SMGS in good shape, as they cater to thousands of patients from entire region”, said Nadeem Qadri, who runs a NGO. As per the data, against the sanctioned strength of 702, a about 406 posts are lying vacant for last many years. Off the vacant posts 291 posts are sanctioned in Jammu whereas 501 posts are vacant in Kashmir division at both the premier medical colleges of the state.
JAMMU, Dec 3: Premier Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital facing acute shortage of ambulances to ferry dead bodies of patients who die in the hospital.
This despite the fact that health department and hospital management has been assuring that new fleet of ambulances will be put into service for the benefit of the patients.
Official’s source said that in absence of ambulances the available one are used for both ferrying the dead and injured patients, putting the life of the people at risk, as there is always threat of infections.
“People are now dependent on charity of private persons who have pressed their vehicles to carry the dead bodies. It is against the norms of medicine and raises question mark on the government which claims to have received award at national level”, said a source.
Surprisingly, when contacted Government Medical Superintendent (GMC) Dr.Manoj Chalotra doesn’t know how many ambulances are in the hospital, those are functioning or not. ‘I am not dealing with ambulances and I have no information with me. You better ask the concerned person,” Dr. Chalotra said.
When contacted, Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department Manoj Kumar Dwivedi said that he is also not aware about the data.
“I don’t have written information regarding the number of ambulances working in GMC on my table, so i dont have any knowledge. Let me check and then I will tell you”, Dwedi said.
Recently as poor sanitation in the GMC and other associated hospitals has become a major concern, they had approached Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to clear the solid waste, as there is shortage of manpower and equipment.
Officials said that hospital management is seeking the help of Municipal Corporation to ensure that solid waste dumped outside the premises is lifted so that it does not become breading ground for the diseases. At the moment a private sanitation company is handling the job in the hospital, but shortage of equipment and manpower is creating lot of problems.
Municipality is regularly providing one JCB, two trucks, one dust bin carrier and 12 personnel at the disposal of hospital management, which is facing the ire of the civil society, for failure to keep the area around the medical institutions clean.
OPD and Emergency wings of both the hospitals are facing huge pressure but we are making every effort to streamline the functioning of the hospitals. New equipments are being procured for the same.
The hospitals in the city also suffer due to poor sanitation since the drainage system has not been upgraded for the last two decades.
“Government should come up with a proper policy to keep GMC and SMGS in good shape, as they cater to thousands of patients from entire region”, said Nadeem Qadri, who runs a NGO. As per the data, against the sanctioned strength of 702, a about 406 posts are lying vacant for last many years. Off the vacant posts 291 posts are sanctioned in Jammu whereas 501 posts are vacant in Kashmir division at both the premier medical colleges of the state.
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