WARANGAL: The patients admitted at the Rohini Super Specialty Hospital, where fire broke out on Monday, are in a dilemma after being forced to shift to other hospitals for treatment.
Doctors from Rohini Hospital continued to attend to patients with serious ailments and those who have undergone surgeries, visiting the hospitals to where they have been shifted. However, those left out are in a dilemma, and are considering switching to other health centres where they are psychologically and financially comfortable.
Take the case of a patient who has been shifted to Jaya Hospital. The hospital authorities have asked the patient to undergo few more tests as the team of doctors attending him wanted some clarity on his case. “We have undergone similar tests in Rohini hospital. Now they want to administer the tests again. This is nothing but looting,” the patients said.
Similar complaints have been received from patients admitted in other hospitals. Those being treated under Arogyasri scheme are a troubled lot as they have to go through the entire process again at the new facility.
Many patients, especially those who were admitted in the ICU, do not have their case sheets due to which further treatment has become a problem.
Several family members have been requesting the hospital management to hand over the case sheet. Sources said that case sheets of patients admitted in the ground and first floor have already been handed over. As the incident took place in the second and third floor, the staff are being denied entry till the probe is completed.
Hosps run without NOC from fire dept
Karimnagar: Private hospitals in Karimnagar continue to flout fire safety norms, with ten multi-specialty hospitals running without No Objection Certificates (NOC) from the fire department. After notices were issued to the hospitals over fire safety by Disaster Response and Fire Services department, the hospital managements installed fire safety equipment without the permission of fire services department. There are around 350 private hospitals in Karimnagar.
Lack of parking spaces
About 90 per cent of private hospitals have no parking space as the cellar space, which is usually used for parking vehicles, is used by the pathological labs, washrooms and store rooms. Some of the room is taken up by generators. Attendants of patients park their vehicles on the road side leading to frequent traffic snarls. Even the ambulances belonging to the hospital are parked on the road. Municipal authorities need to act soon and guide hospitals.