Raid exposes Tura Hospital lacks basic facilities
The Garo Hills may boast of political stalwarts and heavyweights like PA Sangma and Dr Mukul Sangma and the highly energetic Agatha Sangma, but not all is well in the land of the Sangmas.
DESPITE ALL the claims of the Health Minister Dr Mukul Sangma, who is also the deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya, government run hospitals and health centres lack even the most basic facilities. During the inspection, it came to light that the hospital premises were lying in unhygienic condition and that the cold storage—only two fridges that too in dilapidated condition—was infested with cockroaches and mice. Admitting the lapses and shortage of medicine, the superintendent of the hospital, AC Paul blamed the government for not supplying the medicines and other materials. Earlier taking cognizance of the complaints, the student leaders had filed an RTI seeking information on the supply and nature of medicines, the stock in the Hospital and why the CT scan machine, which was procured in 2004 and installed in the hospital in 2006 was lying defunct. The Superintendent informed that the CT scan machine was installed but without any radiologist or a technician to operate it and that the machine was faulty from the day it was bought and the Director, MH&FW department was informed regarding it but no action has been taken so far. It is an irony that all these anomalies have come to light after Mukul Sangma, Health and Family Welfare Minister, a month ago had assured the people that there would be no dearth of essential medicines and that every hospital in Meghalaya would issue free medicines to the poor people.
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