JUST BORN AND ALREADY CROWDED OUT: The STNM
Hospital in Gangtok receives too many more patients than it has beds for, and
while one can understand lack of space leading to makeshift arrangements for
most other patients, it becomes disturbing when even newborns are crowded out.
A visit to the maternity ward at STNM Hospital presents the worrying sight of
mothers and their newborns lining the corridors, their beds made on the floor.
Admittedly, the ward can accommodate only so many newborns and their mothers,
but surely, when the ward overflows, better alternatives can be, and should be,
worked out.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Readers are invited to comment on, criticise, run down, even appreciate if they like something in this blog. Comments carrying abusive/ indecorous language and personal attacks, except when against the people working on this blog, will be deleted. It will be exciting for all to enjoy some earnest debates on this blog...