Dr Anita Pednekar, the hospital’s superintendent, said, “We have a shortage of ward boys and nurses. Ram, 58, a patient, told The Asian Age, “There are many problems, and the ward boy just comes for rounds. Similarly, there is just one ward boy against the sanctioned strength of 11, according to hospital sources. Earlier, there were many patients.” The senior doctor quoted earlier said on condition of anonymity, “The quality of life of these patients are quite poor. This is because they have been abandoned by their families and the hospital has allegedly had no doctor or specialist with five such posts lying vacant since 1997. Amid the manpower Wholesale Kinesiology Tape Suppliers crunch for specialised personnel, three patients with no formal training sit in the outpatient department ward and bandage and dress the wounds of both the in-house and visiting patients in two shifts.
The average age of the 80 persons living here is between 55 and 60, and many suffer from age-related ailments.” “Patients have died here due to various ailments and we have got their treatment done at KEM hospital,” she added. Taxi drivers some times refuse us or demand more money, knowing our state. In the past two months a lot of patients have died.A senior doctor, who served at the hospital as a medical superintendent, said more than 30 patients who resided in the hospital have died since August 2016 due to various ailments. After the detection of any kind of ailment we have to go to KEM as no trained specialist doctor is available. For the rest, these patients have to be dependent on social workers and NGOs. Now due to lack of proper treatments, the deaths have increased. Only food and shelter is provided.The BMC- run Acworth Municipal Hospital for Leprosy, the only hospital of its kind in the city, houses 80 persons that have been cured of the disease, who have been forced to care for themselves and d A ward at Acworth Municipal Hospital for Leprosy The BMC- run Acworth Municipal Hospital for Leprosy, the only hospital of its kind in the city, houses 80 persons that have been cured of the disease, who have been forced to care for themselves and dress each other’s wounds. The ward boys who retired have not been replaced with fresh recruits. Similarly, we need to hire doctors and nurses.The facility, however, has a medical officer who performs only administrative functions