AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): As the Assembly election 2018 is coming near Health Minister Badal Chowdhury on Saturday suddenly remembered to make a namesake visit in the IGM hospital to take a stalk of the work progress in the hospital. Continuous intervention by Health Minister Badal Chiowdhury towards the development of hospital infrastructure appears as a namesake attitude ahead of 2018 Assembly election. Visiting the hospital on Saturday health minister Badal Chowdhury took a stalk of the work undergoing in different departments of the hospital. However, he was also accompanied by Health Secretary M.Nagaraju. IGM hospital medical super also remained present.It is to be mentioned here that state referral IGM hospital is hit poor facilities and no measure have been taken so far for making any improvement.

 However, people claimed that this visit is just for the namesake and no measures will be improvement for the development of the facilities in the hospital.

Despite of several tall claims by the authority to provide better health service to the people of the State, people face negligence in the major referral Hospital of the State, IGM Hospital.

Carelessness of the Doctors and Staff in the Hospital risks the life of the people under the Manik’s Golden era.

Allegedly either it is due to the lack of infrastructure or the negligence of the Hospital staffs and the doctors that the patients are facing problem at the major referral IGM hospital of the State.

However, this hospital is only hit with the negligence but of most of the Government Hospitals in the State. Some hospital lacks infrastructure, some lacks Doctors and some faces trouble due to the irregularity of the staff and proper treatment.

Allegation has been raised by the patient party that recently after being referred to the IGM Hospital, they had to wait for nearly 30 minutes for the staff to bring stretcher. When the family members of the patients found no one came with the stretcher, they themselves took the patient to the hospital.

Due to paucity of adequate space, patients on stretchers can be seen lined up on both sides of the corridors.

However, bad odour is almost identical with government hospitals. Waste materials strewn all around, crowded wards and waiting rooms are a grim reminder of the unhygienic condition of our health institutions.

The situation, however, has not improved at the emergency ward during the last few years as far as arrangements are concerned. Stinking ward and untidy beds have become a common sight.

However, initiatives must be taken to improve the health service of the State. With the improvement of the health service the poor will be benefited as they don’t have to spend money by cutting their pockets for the treatment outside the State.