Patients thronged at Government hospitals including district hospitals after OPD (Out Patients Department) of the hospitals reopened on Tuesday after the gap of two days.
Hospital administration claimedthat strict instructions were already given to the medical officers and staff nurses for providing immediate and best medical care to the patients. Huge flow of patients was seen in the Doon Group of Hospitals after the OPD services were opened on Tuesday. Doon Hospital administration claimed that around 1,600-1,700 patients visited hospital to get diagnosed with the medical officers in orthopedic, pediatric, ENT, surgery and other departments of the hospital. Apart from the fact, strict instructions were given to the medical officers and para-medical staff for catering the every medical need of patients, long lines of patients was seen in OPD ward of the hospital. While speaking to The Pioneer, Dr RS Aswal, Principal Medical Superintendent, Doon Hospital said that strict instructions were already given to medical officers and staff nurses to cater the medical need of patients. “Apart from the OPD patients, the hospital staff also caters the every medical need of (In Patients Department) patients.
After admitting that the flow of patients was huge as the OPD reopened after the gap of two days, Dr Aswal hoped that flow of patients is also likely to be little more on Wednesday and said that strict departmental action would be surely taken against those medical officers and staff nurses and other para-medical staff, who fail to perform their duties as per the desired standards. Dr Aswal informed that hospital administration has full stock of life saving drugs and strict action would be surely taken against those medical officers, who unnecessarily prescribe branded life saving drugs to patients. One of the septuagenarian patients, Harak Maya, who consulted physician lamented that strike called on by Government doctors on Monday caused huge inconvenience to patients, who visited Government hospitals, last day. She said that Government doctors should not opted for strike in support of their pending demands as it causes huge inconvenience to patients, who visited Government hospitals to have medicines.