Budgam Notwithstanding its tall claims over reforming healthcare sector across the State, the government has failed to provide suitable healthcare facilities to the patients at Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial (ASYM) district hospital here.
Acute shortage of beds in ASYM hospital is adding miseries to patient, who are being accommodated in a corridor, where rush of public not only disturbs them but poses a serious health risk as well. Insiders at the hospital said from last twenty days beds are being placed outside the wards, owing to patient rush.
Muhammad Ishaaq, a patient lying in a corridor said, “Staying outside the ward is same as staying on a road. You cannot get proper healthcare on a road. We can’t question hospital administration when we are in need of a better care,” he said.
Female patients are worst hit.
“Inside the ward we are secure but outside we face enormous issues,” said Rafia a female patient.
She said, for a women it is not easy to lie on bed in open where patients have no facilities like changing clothes.
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Medical Superintendent Dr. Deeba admitted patients are facing problems due to lack of infrastructure. She said hospital, catering to the population of entire district has capacity of only 80 beds and that is not enough to manage huge flow of patients.
Dr Deeba said she has has raised this issue with Director Health Services, MLA Budgam and DDC Budgam but so far there has been no response.
Meanwhile, according to the residents of Budgam, they have dozens of times apprised concerned authorities as well as local MLA about problems of district hospital, but the pleas turned into deaf ears.
Patients continue to suffer both at the hands of hospital administration and the government, they said.
“We are appealing higher authorities to take interest in the development of the hospital and add these basic facilities to it,” said Nazir Ganaie, a local journalist.
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