Lamka, January 27: Despite the assurances given by Ministers, MLAs and officials to look into the infrastructural requirements of the Hospital during their frequent visits, doctors working in the JN Hospital at Porompat have been encountering various inconveniences in carrying out their duties.

Even today, although a woman had given birth to her child and she had normal delivery, as there was no electricity in the Gynae Ward of the hospital, patients contributed whatever candles they have in their possessions to help the doctors in performing their duties throughout the entire process of delivery of the child.

Talking to mediapersons, one person who was in the ward taking care of a patient, said the doctors in the wards have been discharging their duties diligently.

But as there is no electricity and water, the patients as well as the doctors are finding lots of difficulties.

Water is very much essential specially in this ward as cloths have to be washed when a women gives birth, the patients and their parties said while pleading for adequate provisions for water and electricity in the hospital.

Head of Department of Gynaecology of the Hospital Dr Sukumar informed that there is lack of adequate manpower in the Department over and above lack of electricity and equipments.

There are in all 16 beds in the Gynae ward and on an average 8 women deliver their children in a day.

In case of major operator, the service of the doctors on PPTCT duty are utilised as there is no adequate manpower and doctors in the Department, Dr Sukumar disclosed.

Medical Superintendent of the Hospital Dr Motilal informed that around 40,000 litres of water is required in the hospital every day.

But the actual quantity of water being received by the hospital is just 4000 litres/day.

A joint team of HERI-COUN and mediapersons today visited to inspect the condition of the hospital.

While inspecting the Surgery Department, Senior Surgeon Dr N Joykumar said over and above the problem of electricity, there are only 4 surgeons in the Department at present.

There were 10 surgeons in 1995 and that time the Department used to function smoothly.

The Central Supply and Store Depot (CSSD) of the Department nor the equipments required for conducting investigation at the time of conducting operation are functioning.

As there is just one monitors of the operation theatre of the Department, no two operations could be performed simultaneously, Dr Joykumar informed.

After the inspection, Organisation secretary of HERICOUN Surjit said at the time of setting up the JN Hospital in 1977, people have expected that it would be most efficient hospital.

But within the last five to six years, the condition of the hospital has been deteriorating beyond the expectation of the people.

So it has been with the main objective of improving condition of the hospitals and the its units, that HERICOUN has taken up the task of inspecting all the departments and meet their heads.

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