The patients visiting the Doon Hospital are facing problems due to shifting of Out Patient Department (OPD) of Orthopedics and Neurology. These OPD’s were shifted due to the construction activity for Medical College which is in progress in many parts of the hospital.
The Orthopedic OPD was shifted near the canteen and the Neurology OPD was taken to the first floor near the Gubara house the treatment centre of mentally challenged children.
The patients visiting the Doon Hospital for treatments related to the orthopedic and neurological problems are facing problems locating the new venues.
The absence of proper guidance or display for the changed venues of OPD added to the woes of the patients. In addition to this, the noise is also causing the problems to the patients.
The Principal Medical Superintend of Doon Hospital Dr RS Aswal said that the shifting is being necessitated as construction activity due to the proposed medical college is in progress. He said that the hospital administration is managing the affairs so that the patients do not suffer.
The site of present Doon Hospital is being restructured for the proposed Doon Medical College. On Thursday, a team of officials from health directorate visited the Doon Hospital and inspected the construction activities and
issued guidelines.
It is the largest Government hospital in the State and more than 4,000 patients visit the OPDs of the hospital daily. The hospital caters not only the patients of the State but large
number of patients from district like Saharanpur also visits it.