Unable to bear the stench and dripping of sewage water the pharmacists working in the injection room of Doon hospital here have shifted outside the room and are operating from there.
After the protest of the pharmacists the Doon hospital authorities decided to shift them to an adjacent room but the pharmacists are demanding that the new room should first be equipped with facilities.
The tussle is causing problems to large number of patients who visit the injection room daily. The Chief Pharmacist of Doon hospital, KC Kukreti told The Pioneer that the seepage from sewer line of the toilets located in the first floor is dripping from the walls of the room and it has become very difficult to work from there. This correspondent saw heaps of cartons containing the injections piled in the unhygienic room which was stinking so much that it was impossible to stand there for long. Kukreti said that the injections kept in the room can get damaged due to the condition of the room where they are kept. The injections included regular pain killers to the expensive vaccines and vials of rabbies and Hepatitis B. Kukreti said that the problem started about three months ago but lately it had aggravated so much that they are forced to operate from the gallery outside the room.
A delegation of pharmacists met the Principal Medical Superintendent (PMS) of Doon hospital Dr R S Aswal on Monday and lodged their protest. On Tuesday the hospital authorities decided to shift the injection room to the adjacent heamophilia room. Kukreti said that the room does not have facilities like electricity, water and fans and it is useless to shift there till all these facilities are provided. He said that the injection room should have a wash room also as the wound of the patients with animal bite need to be washed properly before injecting the medicine. The Doon hospital caters large number of animal bite cases. The hospital record reveal that 604 cases of dog bite, 8 cases of rat bite, 18 cases of cat bite, 7 cases of monkey bite and 1 case of squirrel bite were reported and treated in the month of July this year. The pharmacists of the injection room serviced 2336 patients last month. The Principal Medical Superintendent (PMS) Dr R S Aswal told the Pioneer that the injection room would be shifted to the new room. He said necessary facilities in the new room would be soon provided to the pharmacists.