Patients despatched again as a result of unavailability of docs at Thiruvathavur PHC

Due to the absence of docs on the Thiruvathur Primary Health Centre (PHC) close to Melur right here on Tuesday and Wednesday, sufferers have been allegedly despatched again. 

As the gang soared at round 11:30 a.m., nurses on responsibility had knowledgeable sufferers concerning the unavailability of docs and requested lots of them to go to the next day.  

A 50-year-old affected person from Thiruvathavur, who visited the hospital for the second day on Wednesday to get remedy for his leg ache, stated, although there was an enormous crowd of pregnant girls, sick kids and aged individuals, the nurses couldn’t diagnose them.  

“Usually, docs would arrive between 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the visiting hour would go on until afternoon, however within the final two days, because the common physician was on go away, the hospital workers stated an in-charge physician can be attending the sufferers,” he added.  

As the affected person couldn’t see the physician on Tuesday, he was requested to go to the hospital on the identical time on Wednesday, however by the point he went, there was a lot of sufferers ready earlier than him, he famous.  

Since he believed he couldn’t meet the physician, he determined to return residence, he stated.  

Another lady who took her six-year-old boy with abdomen ache to the PHC, stated, she needed to take a day without work from work to go to the hospital.  

“As I couldn’t see the physician I’ve misplaced my at some point pay. Moreover, I have to spend one other day treating my son,” she added.  

It shouldn’t be that the sufferers might simply transfer on to a close-by authorities hospital or a non-public hospital, she identified. “As most people within the neighborhood can not discover every other PHC or GH within the surrounding, we now have to go to Melur. In addition, we can not additionally afford to pay in a non-public hospital,” she famous. 

P. Raja, Civil surgeon of the Thiruvathavur PHC, stated he was on go away for 3 days and a health care provider can be deployed to exchange him for the three days. 

Melur Block Medical Officer stated a health care provider was already appointed in deputation. “Maybe the physician would have gone out for a break from his responsibility,” he added.  

The physician has additionally registered his attendance for the final two days, he famous.