Upkeep of urban health centres under scanner – ET HealthWorld

In a bid to provide better healthcare, the state government established three health centres in the city under the control of the GGH. These centres are located at Rajiv Nagar, Patamata and Kothapet, which are among the most crowded areas in the city.

Duty doctors were allotted to these clinics and super specialty doctors were to make weekly visits. The centres are equipped with a clinical laboratory and an inpatient ward to treat fever cases. But the clinics were neglected by health wing authorities and patients who visited them faced bitter experiences and complained of foul smells and unhygienic conditions.

Superintendent Kiran Kumar noticed that many doctors and nurses were not attending to duties and the sanitation contractor had ignored the maintenance of these clinics.

Patients complained to the superintendent they were poorly treated by doctors and paramedical staff.

“We will initiate stringent action against the staff found negligent in delivering duties. We will soon restore the 20 beds in patient wards in these clinics and arrange oxygen beds. These clinics will be utilised to treat Covid-19 patients in case of a third wave. Specialty doctors will also be posted to these clinics so that patients can get better treatment,” Kiran Kumar said.

Meanwhile, doctors who skipped duties were given show cause notice.

The centres are equipped with a clinical laboratory and an inpatient ward. But patients who visited them complained of foul smells and unhygienic conditions