MYSURU: Pregnant women and new moms slumbering at the corridor floor on makeshift beds at Cheluvamba Hospital is not anything new. It was the sight that greeted Chamaraja constituency MLA Nagendra on Tuesday when he visited the clinic. Appalled, the legislator has suggested measures to fortify the location.
During his seek advice from to the clinic which lasted nearly an hour, he was apprised of the quite a lot of issues confronted by way of docs, nurses and sufferers. He discovered most of the sufferers, especially pregnant women, slumbering at the floor due to scarcity of beds. RMO Gangamma briefed Nagendra at the prevailing situation within the clinic and steps being taken to fortify the location.
Speaking to TOI Nagendra mentioned, “There is a scarcity of beds within the clinic. I will convene a meeting with the authorities and write a letter to the well being minister and urge them to handle the issue. I discovered many women who have just delivered slumbering at the floor with their newborns. I have suggested the personnel to take necessary steps to ensure beds for all sufferers as the chances of them getting infection is prime all through the monsoon,” mentioned the MLA. The clinic has been directed to shop for 100 cots to fulfill the shortage of beds. The bathroom in ward four which is in a pathetic situation for the last two months was also brought to his notice. “I have informed them to set it right. Apart from this the remedy within the clinic is just right,” he added.
To cater to the current calls for the hospitals needs nearly double the sanctioned posts which have been sanctioned three to 4 a long time back when the clinic saw very few sufferers. Today an average 250 sufferers from neighbouring districts seek advice from the clinic.
During his seek advice from to the clinic which lasted nearly an hour, he was apprised of the quite a lot of issues confronted by way of docs, nurses and sufferers. He discovered most of the sufferers, especially pregnant women, slumbering at the floor due to scarcity of beds. RMO Gangamma briefed Nagendra at the prevailing situation within the clinic and steps being taken to fortify the location.
Speaking to TOI Nagendra mentioned, “There is a scarcity of beds within the clinic. I will convene a meeting with the authorities and write a letter to the well being minister and urge them to handle the issue. I discovered many women who have just delivered slumbering at the floor with their newborns. I have suggested the personnel to take necessary steps to ensure beds for all sufferers as the chances of them getting infection is prime all through the monsoon,” mentioned the MLA. The clinic has been directed to shop for 100 cots to fulfill the shortage of beds. The bathroom in ward four which is in a pathetic situation for the last two months was also brought to his notice. “I have informed them to set it right. Apart from this the remedy within the clinic is just right,” he added.
To cater to the current calls for the hospitals needs nearly double the sanctioned posts which have been sanctioned three to 4 a long time back when the clinic saw very few sufferers. Today an average 250 sufferers from neighbouring districts seek advice from the clinic.
Cheluvamba grapples with staff, bed shortage
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