The activists of Jan Kranti Morcha staged a protest at the associated hospital of Doon Medical College (DMC) on Wednesday. The members of the Morcha assembled in the hospital in the morning and engaged in a vociferous protest.
The President of the Morcha, Amit Jain said that the biggest hospital of the state is plagued by shortage of staff, medicine and other facilities due to which the patients visiting it from remote locations of the state are affected. He said that the corruption rules the roost in the hospital and many irregularities in recent past have sullied the image of the hospital.
A delegation of the Morcha later handed over a memorandum to the Principal Medical Superintendent (PMS) of the hospital, Dr R S Aswal. The memorandum directed to the Chief Minister Harish Rawat demanded that the government should increase the number of specialist doctors in the hospital and should ensure that the all the medicines are available for the patients.
The Morcha members also demanded that separate swine flu ward should be set up in the hospital. The President said that all the old machines of the hospital should be replaced with new ones. The Morcha also said that the officials responsible for Sari scam and other scams should be brought to book.
e done on an average in a day in the hospital at a subsidized rate. The Phillips India limited installed the Rs 7 crore and 1.5 Tesla MRI machine in the hospital in year 2009.
The aforesaid company also holds a ten year maintenance contract of the machine.
While the patients who visit the hospital from all parts of the state face problems due to its regular breakdown, the private diagnostic centre rejoice in such a situation as the patients of the hospital are diverted to them.
These private centres charge about Rs 7000 to 10000 for an MRI which is available for only Rs 3500 in the associated hospital of the DMC.
The MRI of the Below Poverty line (BPl) patients is done free of cost in the government hospitals.