-Non existent healthcare facilities in Jalpaiguri-

The Statesman
JALPAIGURI, West Bengal, India
 
The State Legislative
Assembly’s health standing committee has expressed dissatisfaction
today over the dismal heath service of the Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital.


After visiting the hospital today, Mrs. Tapati Saha, the chairman of
the committee said that the service seemed to have broken down in spite
of several lakhs of rupees having been sanctioned for the
infrastructure development for the district hospital. “We are wondering
how the sanctioned amount has been spent. No initiative to improve the
health infrastructure is in sight. There is no burn unit. Besides, the
condition of the other wards in the hospital is very bad. The seem not
to care and indifferent to the multitude of patients coming from far
and near for treatment,” she said adding that the team would submit a
special report on the fast worsening condition in the hospital on the
floor of the Assembly in the coming session.


The chairman also expressed concern over the plight of the HIV positive
patients of the district. “The doctors are not following the special
counseling programme for the HIV patients as ordered by the state
government.” Mrs. Saha said. '


Commenting on the charge the medical superintendent of the Jalpaiguri
Sadar Hospital, Mr.Suresh Chandra Bhoumick, said that the separate burn
unit proposal was yet to be sanctioned by the state government.
“Besides, we are under staffed. The special counseling program for the
HIV positive patients would start soon in our district,” he said.