Jaipur: On one hand, Rajasthan is the chief within the free medication scheme, however then again, sufferers are pressured to wander from one place to a different for important medicines within the state’s largest SMS hospital. All that is occurring resulting from lack of coordination between RMSCL-SMS, the brunt of which is being borne by the sufferers and their households. The stunning factor is that even a typical medication like calcium is being labelled as unavailable within the hospital.
These days, sufferers are having to wander round for a lot of medicines in SMS, the largest authorities hospital of Rajasthan. After consulting medical doctors in OPD, sufferers first stand in a protracted queue on the DDC counter, however there, two to a few medicines are being stamped as unavailable in each affected person’s slip. When the First India staff reviewed the slips, it was discovered that calcium medication can be not out there within the hospital’s emergency. Apart from this, scarcity of Azithromycin and a few eye drops can be being proven. Regarding this, Superintendent Dr. Sushil Bhati stated that RMSCL is answerable for the availability of medicines. In case of scarcity of any medication, a reminder is distributed to RMSCL from the hospital. The consumption of calcium, Azithromycin and a few eye drops elevated abruptly, which has triggered issues. Although calcium just isn’t a life saving drug, however these medicines needs to be out there. Due to brief provide, these medicines usually are not out there at current.
Investigation into the unavailability of medicines within the hospital revealed that the issues are being confronted resulting from lack of coordination between RMSCL-SMS. The hospital administration despatched demand for calcium medication to RMSCL greater than half a dozen occasions in three months. But neither the medication nor the NOC was obtained from there. Similarly, regardless of sending demand notes 5 occasions for “Acebrophylline” which is important for bronchial asthma, bronchitis, persistent obstructive pulmonary illness, satisfactory provide was not obtained. An identical state of affairs is being seen with important medicines like Atorvastatin, Sodium Valproate, Pregabalin. The helplessness of the hospital administration is that till the NOC for any medication just isn’t obtained from RMSCL, the medication can’t be bought via native buy. Due to this downside, there’s a scarcity of important medicines within the hospital. Not solely this, many varieties of vital checks are additionally closed resulting from lack of kits.
The state’s Medical Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar and ACS Shubhra Singh had lately held a evaluate assembly on seasonal ailments. During this, they expressed apprehension of the outbreak of seasonal ailments within the coming days and instructed for the provision of satisfactory medicines, however neither RMSCL nor SMS hospital administration appears critical about these orders. The brunt of which is being borne by the sufferers within the type of wandering right here and there for medicines. The matter of concern is that the season of seasonal ailments goes to begin within the coming days, in such a state of affairs, if this state of negligence continues, then the issues of the sufferers could enhance additional.
