TMI
Correspondent
Port
Blair, Aug 21: The GB Pant Hospital Port Blair, known for the life savior in
the past, is now ghastly turning into life finale stall for the patients,
especially, who suffers with neurological and cardio-logical illnesses in the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Some
diseased family members, who have observed in the recent past, say that,
"Patients who are entering into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the GB
Pant Hospital may denote as a finale of life. Neither patients' attenders are
allowed nor are the duty staffs keeping eye on patients in the ICU to maintain
proper communication or status about the patient, negligently. The doctors used
to assure the diseased family members as 'wait 2-days', 'patient will be
alright', 'need not to refer mainland hospital, he will be alright here only',
but one have to meet terrible end in many cases, finally".
"The
doctors too least bother to refer such patients immediately to mainland
hospital, despite readily available GoI's schemes to save the lives of islander
patients", they added.
Some
citizens of Dollygunj said, "The health history of A&N Islands yells,
the nonexistence of proper Neurologist in the GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair has
already taken many young lives and continues till now, is it not a shame on the
health sector of our islands? Moreover, corruption issue of crores worth
medicines allegedly by previous Head of Health Department has added black-crown
to the infamy".
They
further said, "Even the medicines are seen unavailable at the Medicine
issuing Counter in GB Pant Hospital and date expired pills also find issued
many times, when asked to pharmacist about expiry of medicine, in reply they
says, 'just one month is not a big issue! Medicine will work!'.
Citizens
of Aberdeen village says, that "the introducing of Andaman Nicobar Islands
Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS) is good for the islands, but it is also
necessary to take care of, as not to effect the GB Pant patients improperly and
may not be used our islands' patients as all time guinea-pigs for them. Hence,
the attention of Lt. Governor is required to set right all the issues, is need
of the hour".
Speaking
to this correspondent Director (Directorate of Health Services), Dr. S.P. Burma
said, "I have given the directions to the respective doctors to refer
patients to mainland hospital in serious cases after proper monitoring in the
ICU, but in rare cases meeting such ends".
"There
is no permanent specialist posts created for Cardiologists or Neurologists in
the Health Department, in the next 5 years plan we are likely to create posts.
However, Cardiologists, Neurologists are coming once in every month to GB Pant
Hospital to provide services. Near about 45 specialist posts are vacant in the
Health Department, against the recent vacancy notice of specialists hardly
anybody responded. It has been observed that, nobody interested to come here in
the islands due to lifestyle or may be other reasons", he added.
On
the expiry medicine issue, Dr. Burma said, "Due to computerized date
mentioned on the pills cover, which sometimes create confusion among patients
about date and month, we are taking proper care of it. In views of the patients
pouring in the Hospital now, in 10 years we may hope for all facilities with
specialists will be available in the GB Pant Hospital Port Blair".
However,
the variation between the views of patients and head of the department hits
that, the intervention of Lt. Governor is required to set right all the issues,
is the need of the hour in the health sector of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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