The New Indian Express 07.09.2010
Maternity Hospital sans basic facilities
BANGALORE,: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Maternity Hospital at Devarajeevanahalli craves for protection from petty thieves.The Maternity Hospital, inaugurated by the then Mayor Prema Kariyappa on February 12, 2001, needs immediate attention of the BBMP authorities and the police.
The disadvantage of this hospital is that any one can enter its premises at any time without any problem.
The thieves can lay their hands at anything. One of the frames of the iron gate is missing. The equipment of solar lamps too was unavailable.
'’The equipment was stolen a few months ago. We had already lodged a complaint with the police,’’ said a doctor on condition of anonymity.
The hospital compound is not free from weeds and nuisance.
The patients have to wait for hours together for treatment due to shortage of manpower at the hospital.
The compound wall of the hospital serves no purpose since it is easy for any one even to jump it if he has no time to enter it through the main gate.
When asked about the number of vacancies at the hospital, the doctor on duty refused to comment on it stating that she was not authorised to discuss about it.
However, Dr Gayathri, Chief Medical Officer of BBMP, has said that efforts were being made to equip the compound wall with a fence to prevent thieves entering the hospital premises. ‘’I have already informed the works department of the BBMP to take up fencing work,’’ said Gayathri.
On the missing equipment of solar lights, Dr Gayathri said that she has written a letter to the officials of electrical department of the BBMP to provide extra street lights adjacent to the hospital compound wall.
On the shortage of manpower at the hospital, she said that the doctor of that hospital has to send a letter requesting to fill up the vacancies.
‘’I will take measures to fill up the vacancies as early as possible,’’ she said.
