PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
The Health minister Subodh Uniyal has taken cognizance of the report of The Pioneer in which it had highlighted the apathy of the administration of the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (district) hospital, Dehradun. The Pioneer in its edition of May 30 had published a report mentioning the plight of an elderly patient who failed to receive any treatment at the District Hospital on Thursday. In hope of getting treatment the elderly man, probably a destitute, spent one day and one night lying on the road outside the emergency ward of the hospital. Interestingly, the chief medical superintendent of the district hospital Dr Manu Jain had brusquely told the reporter of The Pioneer that no such patient had arrived in the emergency ward of the hospital.
Interacting with The Pioneer on Saturday, the minister Uniyal said that he will get the matter examined.
Meanwhile, the people have expressed deep concern on lack of empathy on part of the part of the authorities of the district hospital. The founder of Social Development for Communities (SDC) foundation Anoop Nautiyal said that the denial of treatment to the destitute patient in Dehradun District Hospital should be strongly condemned. “Such incidents expose grave systemic failures and raise serious concerns that the most vulnerable continue to be deprived of basic healthcare facilities.
If this is the condition at the District Hospital, questions naturally arise about more remote healthcare centres. Instead of making surprise inspections, Health minister Subodh Uniyal must focus more on the macro health picture in the state. He should also immediately order an inquiry and instruct that no patient is ever denied treatment across any hospital in Uttarakhand,’’ he said.
