NS fluid out of stock,
patients forced to buy from markets
7/7/2016
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 7: The Health
Department claims they are strictly focusing on providing free basic drugs and
other medical facilities to the patients, but the patients in Government
Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu have been forced to buy even NS fluid
from open markets.
Moreover, without any
their fault, doctors on duty have been facing a lot of problems and are accused
by patients and their attendants for not providing fluids for last two days.
Sources within GMCH told
Early Times that the patients, who are admitted in the different wards of the
hospital even emergency ward, have forced to purchase the glucose from open
market at high rates especially during emergency cases. "Attendants are
seen to run at private medical shops to buy the fluid for their patients as
doctors asked to arrange fluid from medical shops as fluid is not available in
the hospital, "A senior doctor stated.
Sources further said some
patients avoid to use fluid provided by Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies
Corporation (JKMSC) as some cases of reaction to patients were reported in the
different hospitals across the state. "Officials of JKMSC are well aware
about the shortage of fluid but JKMSC failed to meet demands of the hospital,
"they added.
An attendant, Rahul Sharma
said that his relative is admitted in the hospital from Wednesday but he has
been buying fluid from the markets since his patient admitted in the hospital.
"When ask to concern staff of the hospital about the fluid, they replied
they don't help them as fluid is not available in the hospital and they ask to
buy from the market, "he stated.
However, officials of the
hospital claimed that due to high demands of fluid, the reserved stock has been
used but administration is managing the supply from the other hospitals.
Comments
Post a Comment