The condition of the Doon women hospital needs special and immediate curative measures said the DG of Health Services Dr RP Bhatt while talking to The Pioneer on Tuesday. He accepted that some of the doctors of the hospital are not discharging their duties properly which results in regular incidents of commotion.
The DG said that he would personally visit the hospital twice a day for next few days in order to smoothen the functioning of the biggest women hospital of the state. He said that the hospital admits more patients than its capacity which result in the chaos. Dr Bhatt said that overcrowding of hospital coupled with the ongoing construction activity for proposed medical college is causing problem in functioning. He said that the hospital staff needs to be more empathetic towards the patients and their attendants. Dr Bhatt said that incidents of manhandling of the hospital staff would not be tolerated at any cost and all possible arrangement for ensuring the safety of staff would be taken.
It is worth mentioning here that the incidents of ruckus inside the hospital are increasing with alarming regularity these days. On Friday a pregnant woman died in the hospital, her relatives had a major altercation with the hospital staff they alleged that the woman died due to negligence. On Monday too family members of a female patient Rakhi a resident of Kathbangala area created commotion in the hospital when the doctors told them that the child in the womb is dead.
The officiating CMS of Doon hospital Tripti Bahuguna said that complication can occur during pregnancy and it is wrong to blame doctors such incidents.