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| People rue unhygienic toilets in GB Pant hospital | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 17: With most of the government hospitals unable to maintain hygienic standards, people visiting valley's lone children specialty GB Pant Hospital, alleged that they are facing health problems due to unhygienic conditions at the hospital.
Scores of patients who talked to Early Times on Wednesday said that there is need for quick intervention from the higher authorities to change the situation to prevent their children from acquiring hospital borne infections.
"Such situation can cause a serious infection to the patients with open wounds. Most of the toilets at the hospital are clogged with filth causing immense inconvenience to the patients and their attendants," said Aliya who had come here for the treatment of her three year old baby.
She alleged that there are negligible numbers of functional toilets in the hospital. " From last three days I found that the bathrooms are regularly facing blockage and remain unclogged for maximum time as hospital authorities were carrying out cleaning once in 24 hours,"
The patients alleged that apart from being dirty, there are no specific bathrooms for men and women while most of them are without doors due to which the female attendants find it difficult to use them.
Though the hospital administration time and again claims that they always work hard to keep the toilets clean, but the ground reality is very different.
When this reporter visited the hospital he found that the toilets in the hospital are "very dirty" and in "subhuman" condition. Interestingly, sources reveal that the toilets reserved for staffs are clean.
"Due to the poor state of toilets, Public have to urinate in the open," said an annoyed Patient and added that the Toilets are unhygienic and had blocked sewerage or broken doors or in need of immediate repairs.
Patients say that a nauseating smell pervades in and around bathrooms as the authorities take no measures to prevent the foul smell. "Though we don't complain about the treatment, but going to the washrooms in this hospital is like visiting a hell on earth. They stink to high heaven and those visiting these are prone to infections," Shabir Ahmad from Bemina, who was accompanying her daughter for treatment, said
He said that situation is worse in the flush toilets which remain always blocked due to lack of water. It is terrible to be here. One can contract dangerous diseases on visiting here for the treatment," he said and added each time he visits the toilet he vomits because of the heavy stench emanating from human feces.
Mehmooda, attending her daughter who has given birth to a baby girl, is worried that her daughter may acquire infection due to poor hygiene at the hospital.
Medical Superintendent of the hospital was not available for comment. |
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