What the top health officials don't understand is that no one is blaming Docs, nurses and ward boys of Gandhi or any govt hospital. They are all sympathetic to them because they too see the aged support staff struggling to carry files, give them food, clean washroom in heavy PPE
People are blaming the administration for not improving the healthcare or recruiting more staff even now during a pandemic. We all know Govt docs are very experienced and prepared for the worst outcomes merely because of the variety of cases they see and the experience they hold
But best of doctors can't work if the support staff is handful and absent or sick or aged. The nursing and supportive care staff is what Gandhi, OGH and Koti needs. People with oxygen masks on can't even go to the toilet or eat alone and a doctor can't be there to do these
It is this simple thing that is making people opt for private over the government, and tour them in the hour of crisis, because they feel that a govt hospital will just not have enough people to take care.
Hoping that the 650 odd new posts in Gandhi hospital will fill this gap. Hope DME looks into it for Koti ENT and OGH hospital as well soon.
