During a visit to the hospital, mid-day found that the infrastructure also needs to be updated. In the casualty building on the ground floor, there is a common toilet for men and women. The toilet was in a pathetic condition. There was no tap in the basin. Scrap equipment had also been dumped on the hospital’s premises.

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While getting the posts filled may be difficult, it is important that a concerted effort is made to do so. The authorities should opt for tie-ups and keep transport on hand, for patients to be taken to other facilities. 

Increase your ‘on-call’ doctors muster, spreading the net wider if there continues to be a problem. Doctors do quit, but that is a feature of many industries where professionals quit regularly to look for opportunities elsewhere, or for other reasons.

The hospital has to be in good condition infrastructure-wise, with toilets, especially in pristine shape. It is unacceptable that a medical facility has such poor hygiene. Attention, alacrity and answers will help turn the situation around.