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Even arsenic the recently built maternity and kid wellness artifact of Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital, which was inaugurated by erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin connected March 7, is agonisingly waiting for the sanctioned men and material, MLA A. Srinath visited this peculiar artifact connected Tuesday evening.
The 650-bed 7-storey operation built with 3.21 lakh sq. ft. connected 4.10 acres with an outlay of ₹136.35 crore has been created with Central (60%) and the State (40%) funds. Even though this artifact was initially sanctioned arsenic a ace speciality block, it was aboriginal dedicated exclusively to maternal and kid wellness considering immense fig of obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatric patients coming to the Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital each time for treatment.
Even though carnal operation of this speciality artifact has been created, it is waiting indefinitely for the sanctioned spot of men and worldly adjacent aft it was opened by Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin successful March.
Of the sanctioned spot of 371 successful the hospital, including doctors and the nurses, 123 posts stay vacant successful the infirmary and 168 positions are vacant successful the assemblage against the sanctioned spot of 719.
The maternity and kid wellness artifact is successful request of 533 staff, including 15 doctors, 21 ministerial staff, 110 unit nurses, 4 matrons, 74 paramedical unit and 314 declaration workers for the creaseless and effectual functioning of this block.
Though ₹15 crore was allocated for procuring aesculapian equipment, lone ₹6.50-crore worthy instrumentality person been received truthful far. And, furnishings worthy ₹1.35 crore person been supplied against the allocation of ₹2 crore.
“We are successful request of 7 pharmacists, 15 laboratory technicians, 5 cognition theatre technicians, 4 anaesthesia technicians, 5 manifold technicians, 5 humor slope technicians, 10 pistillate caregiver assistants, 10 information introduction operators, 4 radiographers, 2 echo technicians, 4 sterilization operators and 314 multi-purpose workers similar sanitary workers, securities, supervisors etc. We’re waiting for these unit to marque this peculiar block’s functioning effectual and meaningful,” a elder doc told the MLA, who went astir this caller block.
Even aft the V.O.C. Port had sponsored a conveyance to transport patients from the hospital’s aged gathering adjacent the District Court Complex to the caller artifact astatine the Third Mile and vice versa for investigations and opinions, the Department of Public Health is yet to authorisation adjacent diesel and name drivers for the vehicle.
Similarly, 4 oregon 5 cooks successful this peculiar block’s kitchen, which was built by Thoothukudi Corporation nether ‘Namakku Naamey Scheme’, are yet to beryllium appointed and the room vessels, boilers and truthful connected are not yet procured. There is nary allocation of money for procurement of provisions for preparing nutrient for the patients successful this caller block.
While 4 oregon 5 washermen are needed to lavation the infirmary clothes, lone 2 are moving now.
“Against this backdrop, the maternity and kid wellness artifact has been opened adjacent earlier the doctors, ministerial staff, unit nurses and truthful connected are appointed. The hi-tech diagnostic instrumentality are besides yet to beryllium received. Precisely, the skeletal operation is waiting for the sanctioned spot of men and material. I’ll instrumentality up this contented with the officials acrophobic and get things done astatine the earliest,” Mr. Srinath said aft inspecting the maternity and kid wellness block.
The MLA was informed during the sojourn that the CT scan reports are fixed to the patients lone aft 15 days of investigations.
