Students at IIT Bombay feel that a slightly upgraded hospital in the campus could make their life easier as many suffer from sports injuries and have to go to the public hospitals.
Students at IIT Bombay feel that a slightly upgraded hospital in the campus could make their life a tad easier as many suffer from sports injuries and have to go to the public hospitals every now and then. On Sunday, a student of IIT Kharagpur succumbed to head injuries sustained while playing basketball as the campus hospital lacked emergency medical facilities.
The 65-bedded hospital inside the IIT Bombay’s campus is equipped only to handle minor illnesses. But, in case of major injuries, students are invariably referred to hospitals outside, mostly public. Students also said that they used the hospital mostly to procure medical certificate that saved a day’s attendance. “Except for that pink slip, we rarely go there to seek help,” said a third year student of mechanical engineering.
In most of the cases, when the injuries were even a little more than bruises, they were referred to either Rajawadi or Sion hospital run by the BMC, he added. “It is a hassle to seek treatment in public hospitals as they are overcrowded,” he said. Ved Mitra, second year PhD student, whose little toe got crushed on Monday due to a train injury, was referred to the LH Hiranandani Hospital at Powai. “I got admitted to the campus hospital just to get my wound timely dressed,” he said.
The hospital has 33 doctors. Only eight are full-time doctors and four are part-time. “All other doctors are visiting and they are quite regular,” said one of the doctors. There are physiotherapists, cardiologists, psychiatrists, dentists and dermatologists, available as per requirement. It also has a small operation theatre to take care of minor surgical procedures.
The hospital does not have an ICU or an ICCU facility. “There are many specialty hospitals around to take care of emergencies. We just have to ensure such cases are properly transported,” Devang Khakhar, director, IIT Bombay, said. “IIT Hospitals are only to take care of minor ailments so we cannot talk to having a super-specialty hospital here,” he said. “We have part-time doctors and specialists coming here occasionally,” he added. However, he said that he would review the hospital’s emergency facilities soon.
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