The Capital Hospital here has turned a safe haven for drunkards, anti-socials and brokers fir their activities at its premises. The hospital administration as well as the city police seems to be unable to control the situation.
The area between the maternity and child wards has become an open bar where drunkards, varieties of addicted persons and antisocials are creating nuisance, making the place dirty with broken liquor bottles, injection syringes and other wastages, eyewitnesses say.
A voluntary organisation Sanjog, which has taken part in the Clean India programme, was recently surprised to find large numbers of empty bottles and syringes at the spot.
And notably, the hospital is situated near the BJD office, several Ministers’ bungalows and the main square through which the Chief Minister passes at least four times a day.
A police outpost is also there at the premises to control law and order situation at the hospital.
The Government is planning to make the Capital Hospital Superspecialty Hospital and a Medical College. In this regard, a post of Director has been created for the hospital by repealing its Chief Medical Officer (CMO) post.
Despite installation of CCTV cameras at the hospital premises, both police and hospital administration have failed to control the antisocial activities there.
Many police officials and doctors also admit to the incidents that take place at the hospital premises.