The State-run Hamidia Hospital in the State capital still lacks the facilities for the patients. Around three months ago Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan had inspected the hospital and taken stern action again the senior officials.
However, again another sensitive case of the hospital came to light. On Wednesday a man when was seeking for the stretcher to take his dead son’s body was disappointed by the hospital staff. Due to the lack of facilities the man was forced to take his son’s body in arms. But, later a stretcher was arranged for him.
A 10-year-old boy Jitendra, son of Ratiram Vanshkar of Vidisha died on Tuesday night. He was severely injured after falling from a tree. Ratiram was asked to take his son to Hamidia Hospital for further treatment and later at night he was declared dead by the doctors.
The doctors asked Ratiram for the postmortem, but he refused. later, when Ratiram demanded a stretcher to take his son’s body, he was disappointed by the hospital staff. After some time, when he was taking his son’s body in arms, a stretcher was arranged for him.
Jitendra’s mother Rajbai while narrating the entire incident said that when they reached Hamidia for Jitendra’s treatment they had to face difficulties. “There were no doctors to treat Jitendra and there was no stretcher. We waited for more than an hour and kept running from one ward to another asking for help,” she said.
Besides, the parents are also blaming the hospital authorities for administering drip in Jitendra’s body. According to them despite death of the patient, drip was being administered to the body. When Jitendra’s stomach started swelling, the staff ran away out of fear.
Notably, after the news of a woman’s body eaten by rats went viral on media, CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan paid a surprise visit to Hamidia Hospital.
On finding lack of facilities he suspended the dean of Hamidia College Dr Alka Shrivastava and Principal Secretary Prabhanshu Kamal. CM also took strict action against the cleaning staff of the hospital.