The Manav Adhikar Suraksha Manch’s (MASM) cymbal procession (Ghanta Yatra) and mass demonstration reached the 92 days here on Monday demanding improved healthcare system and upgradation of the City Hospital, Brahmapur.
The Manch members demonstrated with placards and chanted anti-Government slogans about the deteriorated healthcare system in the city.
The Manch said that, thousands of poor patients both fraom silk city and its adjoining areas are visiting the City Hospital every day to meet their treatments.
There are varieties of patients including patients who suffer from serious head-injuries, TB, diabetes, BP and kidney diseases, but they are not getting appropriate health services due to non availability of adequate super-specialist doctors, lack of infrastructure, non-availability of modern equipment and life-saving drugs.
It also alleged that, most of the innocent and poor patients are becoming the victims of brokers/dalals roaming around the hospital as they are deployed by private nursing homes to exploit the patients with the hospital administration and the local police staying inactive.
The Manch demanded, among other things, immediate installation of the CT scan and digital X-ray machines, functioning of ultrasound machine which is lying defunct for last seven months, opening of dialysis centre in the city hospital keeping in view the rapid increase kidney patients, availability of all important and life saving drugs in “Niramaya Kendra”; free conduct of all pathological tests at City Hospital and action against the staff who willfully advise the patients to make their tests in private nursing homes.
The Manch submitted a copy of the memorandum addressed to the Health Minister through District Medical Officer-cum-Superitendent,DHH, Brahmapur. Among others, Abani Kumar Gaya, Syamsundar Khadanga; Sibasundar Rath, Maheswar Badtiya, Maguni Nahak, Lakshmi Narayan Rout, Gurudev Behera and J Bighnesu were present.