INSPECTION NOTE RECORDED
BY AVINASH RAI KHANNA, MEMBER,
PUNJAB STATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, CHANDIGARH ON THE VISIT TO CIVIL HOSPITAL
KHANNA ON 31-10-2009.
I
visited
1. O.P.D.
Most of
the Doctors were on their seats, but Dr. Kang, who was to sit in De Addiction Centre was not on the seat. I was informed that he had gone
to attend a meeting with prior information to Mr. B.S. Kalsi,
S.M.O. Later on, during my visit he came
back.
Dental
Surgeon had gone to attend a meeting, but the patients were sitting outside his
room and were not aware of the fact that the Doctor was not to attend the
office on that day. The S.M.O. was advised to fix a notice on the Notice Board
in case any Doctor is not to attend the office due to any reason.
In OPD,
450 patients used to come in the Hospital.
There was no proper sitting arrangement in the OPD. A few benches were
there for sitting of the patients and their attendants. There was a rush of the
patients, who had to get the OPD slips from the window. The patients and their attendants were facing
difficulty and inconvenience due to lack of sitting arrangement.
2.
De Addiction Centre
In De Addiction Centre, there is no
provision to deal with such like cases. Only an Heart
Expert was to sit in the room. The rooms, where the Doctors were attending the
patients, were without white wash and were not looking properly maintained at
the time of my visit.
3. Staff
The sanctioned strength of Doctors is
22, but only 11Doctors have been
posted in the
Hospital. There is
no
Gynaecologist, no Radiologist though the Hospital
is having X-ray and scan machines, but due
to non-posting of Radiologist
proper facility of scan and x-ray can not be provided to the patients in the Hospital.
There
is no automatic Film Processor available in the Hospital. Seeing the number of
patients coming to the Hospital, the automatic Film Processor is required to be
provided in the Hospital.
4. Telepathy
This Hospital is not attached with
Telepathy System. It
should have been provided in the Hospital.
5. E.M.Os
At
present no E.M.O. is posted in this Hospital. Five E.M.Os.
are required to be posted in the Hospital. For proper
functioning of the Hospital, otherwise some other Experts work as E.M.Os. The
patients suffer due to non-availability of the E.M.Os. both
ways.
6. Indoor
Patients
It is 50 bedded Hospital and 30 patients were admitted
in
the Hospital at the time of my visit.
7. Dental Department
The Dental Surgeon had gone to attend a meeting. The patients
were sitting outside his room.
On inspection of the room of Dental Surgeon, it was found
that the dental chair was very old and uncomfortable and some of the equipments
lying there were also very old. Sterlizers and other
equipments were also old. In place thereof, new and modern equipments are
required to be provided in the Hospital.
8. Emergency Ward.
This
ward has eight beds and two patients were lying at the timee of
my visit. The toilets were not neat and clean. The fridge lying in the
emergency ward was not in working condition.
No head-light was fixed on the operation table. Only two bulbs were
fitted as a make
shift arrangement in stead of providing head-light. The taps fixed on
the wash-basins were also not working.
9. Operation Theatre
I visited the
O.T. There is only one O.T. for Orthopaedics,
There is no C. Arm and table which
are required for Orthopaedician.
There is no proper labour room for performing deliveries.
On the entry of the O.T. water
was oozing. There was seepage on the floor and the water has collected in the
O.T. So, it is not a good sign regarding the maintenance of the Hospital.
10. T.B. Room
There
was a T.B. room, but without any Doctor/Specialist.
11. Mortuary
It is
located just on the entry of the Hospital. It has two defreezers.
12. Hot line
This Hospital is connected with hot
line system. It has
two generating sets which were in operation.
13. Ambulance
This Hospital has two ambulances and
two drivers were on
duty.
14. Parking
There
is no proper parking in the Hospital. The vehicles were lying here and there.
15. Blood Bank
This
Hospital is having Blood Bank. The refrigerator was out of order since its
installation. So, proper inquiry is
required to be conducted how an out of
order refrigerator is lying in the hospital. This blood bank is having no blood
donor couch.
Eleven units
of blood were
lying in the hospital
at that time. No refreshment is provided to the blood donors in the
Hospital.
The toilets were not neat and clean.
It has been reported that free
blood is provided to the road side accident cases and cancer patients.
16. Laboratory.
Three Technicians are required to
be posted in the lab. At present only one Technician is posted. About 50 tests
of blood and urine used to come in the lab.
17. Aids
Centre
Although a centre is there for the purpose, but without any counsellor.
The
patients present in the Hospital at the time of my visit have not complained
about the behaviour of any official of the Hospital.
RECOMMENDATIONS
(i) Proper staff
should be provided in the Hospital for the proper and smooth functioning of the
Hospital.
(ii) Necessary equipments like C-Arm, Phaco Machine, Proper chair to the Dental Deptt., Refrigerator, Fridge, Head-light, and Blood Donor
Couch should be provided in the Hospital.
(iii) For the Refrigerator which was stated to be
out of order since its installation, the inquiry should be conducted and the
responsibility be fixed on official who is responsible for the purchase of this
refrigerator.
(iv) O.T. should be properly maintained.
Necessary repair should be carried out, so that it may not become unhygienic.
(v) For aids patients, a counsellor
is required to be posted in the Hospital.
(vi) In case of absence of any Doctor either
being on leave or has gone to
attend some official
work/meeting, a proper notice
should be displayed
on the entry
gate of his room in Punjabi to avoid inconvenience to the patients.
(vii) Proper E.M.Os. should
be appointed.
(viii) This Hospital should be attached with
telepathy system.
(ix) Proper parking facility be
provided.
(x) Proper sitting arrangement be made in the O.P.D.
To keep this Hospital
neat and clean, proper staff should be
provided.
-Sd-
(AVINASH RAI KHANNA)
MEMBER