Dirty compounds and corridors, stinky air, nauseating wash-rooms is how patients summarise the state of sanitation in Srinagar's hospitals
As per a recent survey of a magazine, Srinagar was among the top 10 clean cities of the country ranking No. 9 on the list. While the former ruling party was quick to take the credit for the same, the citizens just called it a big joke. The health department for example, which is one of the crucial aspects in which cleanliness of a place can be gauged completely contradicts the claims of the politicians as well as the report published.
All the city hospitals – Lal Ded Memorial, Chest Disease Hospital, GB Pantt Children's hospital and SMHS Hospital – lack hygiene despite the launch of several cleanliness campaigns. Dirty compounds and corridors, stinky air, nauseating wash-rooms is how patients summarise the state of sanitation in Srinagar's hospitals
Valley's Chest Disease Hospital, situated on the foothills of Sulaiman Teng (Solomon Height) hillock, welcomes patients with a huge stinking dustbin placed near the entrance. The dustbin is filled with medical dispose and food leftovers from the hospital canteen. The walls in the century old Chest and Disease Hospital, set up by missionaries, are lined with spider webs. The wash-rooms are dirty. Besides, due to lack of a proper hospital canteen, visitors are compelled to eat in the hospital corridors.
The valley's lone maternity hospital, Lal Ded Hospital, which witnesses a heavy footfall on daily basis, lacks proper sanitation and cleanliness. Huge garbage piles can bee seen everywhere outside the compound of the hospital which is why the air is stinky all the time that it gets difficult to walk even inside the hospital.
The massive floods in September last year tore apart these hospitals leaving behind a trail of destruction. The GB Pant Children's hospital in Sonawar area of Srinagar is yet to cope up. After being submerged in flood water for nearly two weeks, the hospital smells foul. The bathrooms like other hospitals give a nauseating experience.
The hospital administration while blaming people for 'lack of basic civic sense' also attributed the lack of means and 'absence of hi-tech sanitation gadgets' as one of the prime reasons for such conditions.
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