The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists gheraoed the residence of Health Minister Narottam Mishra here on Tuesday and later submitted a memorandum regarding poor facilities at the State-level Hamidia hospital, to the Minister.
The State president of Aam Aadmi Party Akshay Hunka gave a memorandum to the Health Minister. In the memorandum, he said that due to mismanagement and irregularities in Hamidia Hospital the patients and their relatives are facing difficulties in getting treatment. There is shortage of equipments, stretchers and medicines in the hospital, he added. The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is also facing problems and theft has become common in the hospital. The patients are asked to bring basic equipments required for operation, Hunka added. Thus the hospital is in the grip of corruption and the entire system is in ruins, alleged Hunka.
He demanded X-ray machines for all the Government health facilities in the State to ensure better health care system. Also there must be enough doctors, gynecologists and nursing staff employed to make sure the patients get enough attention, added Hunka. likewise, there must be trauma centers in every district so that emergency cases can be immediately attended to, he added.
Hunka further said that in all the Government hospitals there must be free medicines available for all major diseases and along with that arrangements must be made for protection of female staff in the hospital. He also added that there must be enough beds for the in patients and emergency cases to occupy.
He also demanded a stop on purchase of substandard medicines from blacklisted companies and requested the Government to take the effective control of private hospitals in their hands and attempt to prevent such illegal acts in the health care facility.
He requested for including the maintenance of burn ward and in its absence start a new one immediately. He also demanded ‘Mohalla Clinic’ (Colony clinic) and helpline of health department in every hospital.