Port Blair, July 08:
During the implementation of Lockdown since the ending of March month, as per
the MHA guidelines, children below 10 yrs. and senior citizens above 60 yrs.
are used to avoid visiting GB Pant Hospital for average illnesses. But, patients
who are undergoing dialysis are faced many challenges especially who are coming
from far areas, and regular blood checkups are already stopped in GB Pant
Hospital. Due to which, many islanders are unable to take proper care of their
elderly persons and children at their home and managed anyhow. Consequently,
the health department felt some relax in its service and paid less care to its
equipments. However, the Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma in the
interest of Islanders has gave attention on the GB Pant Hospital and requested
for many rectifications.
Establishment of CATH
Lab in GB Pant Hospital: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N
Islands has requested the Lt. Governor, A&N Islands last Friday to consider
for early establishment of CATH Lab in GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair for
diagnose and treatment of heart patients.
He informed that the
people suffering with coronary heart disease is in rise and in the recent past
we have across many young people losing their life because of lack of or
absence of medical facilities in our hospitals to treat Cardiovascular disease.
The patient suffering from heart disease is kept under observation with
medication and on becoming stable is referred to the hospitals in mainland for
undergoing specialized cardiovascular treatment. The delay in providing cardiac
treatment is not only involves risk of life for the patient, but also require
incurring of huge expenditure which is beyond the reach of a common Islander.
Hence, an urgent need is felt to establish a Cardiac Cath Lab in the G.B Pant
Government Hospital, Port Blair so that the process of coronary angiography and
angioplasty etc. can be performed here in the Islands giving respite to the
Islanders. He further said that the former Lieutenant Governor Mr. Jagdish
Mukhi during his visit to the GB Pant Hospital in the month of June 2017
expressed concern on the slow progress in establishing the CATH Lab and he was
assured by the authority concerned that the CATH lab at GB Pant hospital will
be operationalised with in a month's time. However, more than three years have
passed since commitment and Islanders are becoming the victims of the heart
disease in absence of the specialized treatment for which CATH lab is
necessary. Therefore, the Member of Parliament, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has
requested the Lt. Governor to expedite the matter for establishment of CATH Lab
in the GB Pant hospital, so that the cardiac treatment facility becomes
available to the Islanders at the earliest.
Rectification of Air
Conditioners in Dialysis Unit: The Member of Parliament, A&N Islands Mr.
Kuldeep Rai Sharma has informed Director of Health Service, A&N
Administration on July 03, 2020, that most of the Air Conditioners installed in
Dialysis Unit (Ground floor) of GB Pant Hospital are non functional since last
three months and only one unit was functional till 30.06.2020 which is also non
functional since then. Due to which the inpatients who undergo dialysis are
faces lot of difficulties. Besides this, he also brought to the notice of the
Director of Health Service that the waste incinerator installed at GB Pant
Hospital, Port Blair for disposal of hazardous medical waste is also non
functional. Therefore, he requested the Director of Health Service to get it
repairs of Air Conditioners in the Dialysis Unit (Ground floor) and also to
make operational of incinerator at the earliest after rectifying the defects.
Installation of rain
water harvesting system at GB Pant Hospital: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of
Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Hon'ble Lt. Governor, A&N
Islands last Friday to issue direction to the concerned department to make
arrangement for rain water harvesting system at GB Pant Hospital for collection
and storage of rain water which would solve to some extent of water scarcity to
the patients and other general public. He further said that in the GB Pant
Hospital, there is acute shortage of water for the inpatients, outpatients,
attendants, medical staff who are around 2300 persons and requirement of water
for GB Pant Hospital is about 2 lakhs liters per day and arrangement of water
conservation through rain water harvesting system is felt necessary to avoid
water crisis in the hospital, communications from Media Cell, MP Office
compiled.
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