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Autos charge double as hosp waterlogged
Meanwhile, taking advantage of the situation, auto-rickshaw drivers inside the AIIMS premises were charging double the fare from people who just wanted to move between the buildings or go to the main gate.
Updated : Jun 29, 2017, 07:15 AM IST
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The pre-monsoon showers left the country’s premier facility, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), waterlogged on Wednesday. So much so that the auto-rickshaw drivers charged double the fare to ferry patients from one flooded building to the other.
On Wednesday, many corridors on the ground floor of the Out Patient Department (OPD) became waterlogged and caused inconvenience to patients and medical staffers alike. Transporting necessary equipment and material from one place to another became a Herculean task.
“This happens every year and we are used to it now,” a nurse said, requesting anonymity.
Patients, however, were far from this equanimity. “I have been sitting here for the last 10 minutes, wondering how to get out of here without spoiling the plaster,” said Pradeep, a patient on a wheelchair, with a plaster on his left foot.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of the situation, auto-rickshaw drivers inside the AIIMS premises were charging double the fare from people who just wanted to move between the buildings or go to the main gate. It also led to major traffic snarls in the area.
“I had to go from the OPD block to the parking area, hardly a kilometre away. The auto driver charged Rs 40. This is madness,” said Poonam Misra, an attendant to a patient.
