Mismanagement galore at SMGS, three patients share single bed

Tahir Mushtaq


JAMMU, Feb 07: Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital (SMGS) is at presently facing the problem of mismanagement. The hospital is at the heart of the city and therefore each and every patient prefers to go in this hospital for treatment.


The hospital has many wards for the indoor patience with beds. Each patient has to use one bed for his or her treatment. Sometime due to heavy rush of the patients two to three patient share a single bed.


At presently there is no such rush of the patience in the said hospital, but due to mismanagement the patients are suffering as in some wards two or more patience has shared a single bed and in some wards most of the beds are lying vacant.


Although three to four doctors and helpers are always present in each ward but still there prevails the mismanagement. But it is the duty of the concerned department to maintain proper sequence of the patients to provide them the best of treatment.


A senior Doctor posted in the hospital said that it is the duty of the concerned doctor to maintain proper decorum and the vacant beds are for emergency cases only. But the question arising is that if no emergency case comes to the hospital then why the other patients will suffer although the beds are vacant?


State government claims of spending huge amount of money in planning new establishments to facilitate the health needs of the people but unfortunately the existing facilities are none lying functional.  Even the basic equipment are not functional in the hospital.


The main purpose of the test is to evaluate respiratory diseases and conditions that affect the lings, including emphysema, severe asthma, and chronic bronchitis. It helps determine the effectiveness of oxygen therapy. The acid-base component of the test also gives information about kidney function. And, in the absence of this facility the patients are suffering.