The transfer and leaves of eye specialists of the associated hospital of Government Doon Medical college (GDMC) here has severely affected the functioning of the department. On Monday the entire load of the massive OPD of the eye department was bore by one Senior Resident (SR). The biggest hospital of the State has OPD of more than 200 patients per day.
After reopening of the Gandhi Centenary Eye hospital, eye specialist of associated hospital, Dr Roopleen was transferred to it while senior eye specialist Dr Rajkesh Pandey is on two months deputation to Glaucoma mission in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
On Monday the head of department Dr Sushil Ojha was on medical leave. Similarly another Physician Dr Swati is also on a long medical leave which meant that the entire load of OPF of the department was on the shoulders of SR Dr Manu Bharadwaj on Monday.
In absence of doctors, many patients were seen returning from the hospital. Apart from OPD and operations the eye specialists are also required to clear the medical certificates needed for purposes of fitness to join duty or making driving licenses.
The Medical Superintendent (MS) of the hospital Dr KK Tamta accepted that the problem occurred due to leave of doctors. He said that things would be better on Tuesday.