Treat patients before initiating admission process: Mamata Banerjee slams Doctors
"Treat (the patients) first and get the process part done later, especially in a trauma care centre (like the one in SSKM), which is an emergency service.
Kolkata: Expressing displeasure over medical services provided at state-run IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked doctors to treat patients first before initiating the admission process.
Banerjee, who went straight to the hospital after returning from New Delhi on Thursday evening, also took exception to the practice of doctors referring patients to other hospitals.
"Treat (the patients) first and get the process part done later, especially in a trauma care centre (like the one in SSKM), which is an emergency service.
"Moreover, patients like pregnant women can die if they travel long hours to go to another hospital where they are referred," the CM said.
She was speaking at a foundation stone laying ceremony for a bouquet of projects at the IPGMER SSKM Hospital.
Banerjee also asked the hospital authorities to hire more staff to improve services, and advised them to make arrangements for the availability of senior doctors for night duty.
Mamata Banerjee said,"If the admission process takes so much time, then what will happen to the patients who have come for the treatment? The process can be done later. The patient must receive treatment first. That's what our hospital is for. Admission takes time, but trauma centres shouldn't. Suppose a pregnant woman arrives. If the process takes six hours, then the patient will die. These are emergency cases, isn't it? PG is a centre of excellence," reports The Indian Express.
Banerjee said, "Those who do treatment in government hospitals cannot earn as much as those who are associated with private hospitals. Despite that, I give more credit to junior doctors and nurses in government hospitals because they work and serve patients at night when no one is around. I would request the senior doctors, if you can stay at night on rotation, it would be better. I went to trauma care to meet patients and felt bad."
Also Read:Tamil Nadu: Apollo Hospital completes 370 robotic knee replacements in 10 months
