Namchi District Hospital gets 18 new beds

NAMCHI, 20 Sept: The general public and the patients admitted at Namchi District Hospital have thanked the hospital administration for prompt action in arranging extra beds for patients admitted at the hospital. The District Hospital authorities inform that they have managed to arrange 18 new beds for patients. This following recent news-reports of patients being inconvenienced due to the 100 beds at the hospital not being enough for the number of patients checking in.
Some of the patients and their families confirmed that new beds have been made available in the hospital. One of the attendants, Jeet Man Rai said, “My patient who was admitted with high fever has finally got a bed now. Now he can at least get the required rest and continue his treatment at the hospital”.
However, he added that there is still a huge shortage of beds with patients waiting for others to be discharged so that they can occupy the vacated beds. There is shortage of hospital staff as well, he said.
“At night there is only one nurse in the ward who looks after many patients and in case of an emergency she has to ask for help from nurses attending to patients in other wards”, Mr Rai added.
The patients and the general public of Namchi have urged the administration to look into the matter since Namchi District Hospital caters to patients of both South and West Districts.