Close on the heels of a viral video on stray dogs taking rest at the isolation wards of the district headquarters hospital in Kendrapada set off furor, another allegation of sheer apathy and mismanagement of the Covid Care Hospital in the district has come to the fore.
A Covid positive patient, who has been admitted at the Covid care hospital in Chhata –based Government polytechnic college, failed to have his chest X-ray done there as the X-ray machine was dysfunctional. The patient brought the matter to the notice of this correspondent over phone.
Chandan Kumar Singh, an employee of District Labour Office, on Saturday suffered from cold and fever. As a result, he was in home isolation. Later, he was detected positive for Covid, for which he was taken to the Covid care hospital set up here by the district administration in collaboration with Bhubaneswar-based SUM hospital.He brought the matter to the notice of the Sub-Collector on the non-functioning of the X-ray machine and demanded him to be shifted either to Covid unit at Cuttack-based Ashwini Hospital or Bhubaneswar-based SUM Hospital.
He also alleged that when he reached at Covid care hospital of the district, he was examined with oximeter, but he alleged that the Oximeter did not show any reading. Even, the bathroom and urinal were lying unhygienic.Notably, Singh is the nephew of Rajya Sabha MP Subash Singh.When contacted, Sub-Collector Jyotishankar Mohapatra, informed that he would take necessary steps in the issue.