A team of the Mahanagar Nagarika Manch, Cuttack led by its convener Chittaranjan Mohanty on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Central Division) seeking reformation in health service facilities at the SCB Medical College Hospital here.
“Patients and their attendants are being neglected in the SCB Medical College Hospital. The medical campus has turned to be a restricted zone as authorities have strictly prohibited common citizens and even media people from knowing medical affairs. Hence, kindly take appropriate steps to ensure better and hassle free treatment for patients,” the memorandum read.
Their demands include opening of special outdoors, medicine stores and pathology units at every indoor ward, appointment of required number of doctors and inspectors, extension of Casualty Department, increase of ICUs, opening of generic medicine store in medical campus and increase in number of beds of Surgery and Gynaecology wards.
Among others, Prof Suryakanta Mohanty, Dr Manoranjan Mohanty, former Principal Akshaya Das, publisher Surya sahu social activists Khageswar Sethy, Sheikh Abdulla, laxmidhar Mohanty, Akshaya Raula, Md Enamul Haque and woman activist Geetarani were in the team.