A 200-bedded hospital in the North-West Delhi, Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, has around 2,200 patients coming to its Out Patient Department (OPD), every day
Shama Begum, 17, has had severe stomach pains after she fell and hurt herself. Her family brought her to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital in Ashok Vihar where the doctors have been treating her, but she now requires an ultrasound and may require surgery later. For this, she needs to be taken to Ram Manohar Lohia. Why? Because the Operation Theatres (OTs) are non-functional here.
A 200-bedded hospital in the North-West Delhi, Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, has around 2,200 patients coming to its Out Patient Department (OPD), every day. The hospital with limited staff and facilities has been managing the inflow of patients since it was inaugurated four years back in 2013. Though it shows that 'surgery' is available on their website; the five Operation Theatres have been non-functional all this time.
"The OTs have been long pending here. We recently had a meeting with some senior officers within the hospital and the DGHS Director after which it was confirmed that the OT equipment will arrive by the end of this month," said Doctor Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Medical Superintendent. "We have already received four OT tables and now awaiting OT lights and anaesthesia workstations. We will also get an ultrasound machine," he added.
The fire clearance, for the main building of the hospital, came late in 2014 after which started a long series of communication between the hospital staff and the government. The hospital has been running its ICU since the arrival of ventilators in December 2016 with the available staff, but the OT structures stand vacant waiting for the surgeries to start.
"Soon after we receive equipment, we can immediately start with Maternity i.e. Obs and gynaecology surgeries, emergency trauma and even Medicine surgeries. We would have to look for an ENT and orthopaedics surgeon though," added Gupta.
As a result, the hospital have to send patients away to Hindu Rao, Lok Nayak and even RML for surgeries. Being far-off patients like Begum have to quietly suffer in pain.
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- A 200-bedded hospital in the North-West Delhi, Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, has around 2,200 patients coming to its Out Patient Department (OPD), every day
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