Due to lack of ultrasound specialists in Narela’s Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra Hospital, women patients have to be referred to other hospitals. The hospital’s gynaecology department is facing problems because of this. “Ultrasounds are used as diagnosis tool by gynaecologists. Due to the lack of ultrasound technicians, a majority of women patients are referred to other hospitals,” said an employee of the hospital.
The hospital has a dearth of ultrasound specialists since 2012. Not only that, there is a is shortage of doctors for intensive care unit (ICU), blood bank, emergency and operation theatres.
There have been a lot of instances when women patients were referred to other hospitals due to lack of medical services. The Raja Harishchandra Hospital administration has alleged that they have written letters to the concerned authorities many a times about the shortage of doctors, but in vain.
“We have written grievance letters regarding our problems to the concerned officers, but they have not paid heed to them till date,” said a senior employee of the hospital. Some gynaecologists at the hospitals said that if they had proper machines, space and instruments at the hospital along with adequate staff to deal with the patients, then all the patients would have been successfully treated at the hospital itself.
“It is sad that our hospital is not preferred by many people any more due to lack of medical infrastructure. If we had the required machines, instruments, qualified and specialist doctors, along with the required number of beds at the hospital, all patients would be successfully treated here and not referred to other hospitals. It is our helplessness that forces us to refer the patients to other hospitals,” said a doctor at the hospital.
