PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
Today, no one having adequate resources even thinks of getting his kin admitted to SN Hospital. The loss of credibility and trust in the last two decades is a major crisis being faced by most of the medical colleges in the state.” DR BB MAHESHWARI, former head of medicine department at SN Medical College
With age-old infrastructure, buildings of many departments are in a bad shape. Paucity of funds come in the way of renovation of buildings and upgradation of facilities.
Shifting of patients from one ward to other is done by caretakers of patients for the want of staff and ambulances. Recently, a social organisation provided two e-rickshaws to help the patients.
Shortage of medicines is another problem being faced by patients. They have to buy even basic things like cotton, bandage and surgical gloves from the open market.
The hospital also lacks adequate nursing staff. A provision was made for a BSc Nursing College recognised by the Nursing Council of India (NCI). Admission process was initiated but the course could not take off and the college lost NCI recognition due to lapses.
Against the requirement of 500, the hospital has only 150 nurses with no proper schedule of working.
Many doctors have resigned in the recent past. The trauma centre, which came up in 2010 on the first floor of emergency at the cost of Rs 5 crore, is yet to be made functional due to non-availability of doctors.
Lack of technicians is affecting services at the diagnostic centre. Due to shortage of staff, private wards having 22 rooms for gynaecology department and 18 for medicine department remain locked.