After shifting of four smaller departments of Ambedkar hospital to Dau Kalyan Singh Building, steps are now afoot to shift four surgical units including Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit and Nephrology department to the building. According to doctors, manning the biggest health facility of the State, after shifting of all these four departments to DKS building, patients’ pressure on the Ambedkar hospital will decrease to some extent.
Notably, four of the minor departments of Ambedkar Hospital – Skin, Tuberculosis (TB), Dental and Psychiatry – were shifted to DKS Building just a fortnight ago. After shifting of these units, only few patients of those diseases visited the new facility. Though, of late the number of patients has risen to 50-60 as more patients suffering from skin ailments in view of the rising heat have started visiting DKS building. According to hospital staff patients of dental problems and TB have also started visiting but the number of those suffering from psychiatric problems is fewer.
According to sources, treatment of patients suffering from skin, TB, dental and psychiatric problems is being done presently in Out Patients department (OPD) as separate wards for these patients are yet to be readied. Besides, the hospital management has opened a store room at DKS Building from where distribution of medicines to patients has commenced. A separate injection room has also been set up here to facilitate administering injection to patients while according to hospital management lab for stool, blood, urine tests will soon be ready.
According to DKS Hospital superintendent Dr Vishnu Dutt very soon in the second round four of the major surgical units of Ambedkar Hospital including neurosurgery, plastic surgery, burn unit and nephrology department will be shifted to DKS Building.
But before shifting of these units here Operation Theatre (OT) and lab facility will be established at DKS Hospital as serious patients come to the wards of these departmenta. According to Dr Dutt, gradually all facilities will be made available to the patients visiting DKS Hospital. Presently four minor departments are working at DKS for which 30-40 bed wards will soon be opened. The management is also considering seriouasly to provide X Ray, Sonography and other test facilities here. Though number of patients is a bit less presently it would go up gradually.
Notably, according to Medical Council of India norms Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Raipur to which Ambedkar Hospital is attached, lacks 213 beds and to sort out this problem hospital arrangements are being made at DKS Building.