M F AHMAD
Daltonganj, May 12: The triage at the labour room in the Medinirai Medical College Hospital in Daltonganj is to be expanded and made more patient-friendly.
Triage is an area where a pregnant lady out to deliver is kept in priority, according to noted gynaecologist Dr S S Horo. “We have made a makeshift area for the triage,” she said.
Palamu civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar said today that he visited the labour room and felt the need to make the triage area more patient-friendly and cozy for women.
He also felt the need to have hassle-free access to the patient from the labour room to the operation theatre. “Right now, there is a circuitous route for them which we have now decided to make a straight passage,” he said.
The civil surgeon said the work on the triage and free access between the labour room and OT will be carried out soon. A wall between the two labour rooms and OT is coming in the way.
The labour room in the MMCH Daltonganj is the flashpoint of all kinds of troubles.
Attendants of patients level a variety of allegations like negligence by the doctors and nurses, nepotism, illegal gratification etc which the MMCH officials equally rebut in most of the cases.
Gynaecologist Dr S S Horo said on an average 10 to 15 normal deliveries are conducted a day at MMCH Daltonganj.
Similarly, on average, one to four C-section deliveries are performed a day. “Our entire team tries hard to come to the satisfaction of the patients but sometimes something happens quite sadly,” said Dr Horo.
Civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar said, “Our focus is to make labour room not a trigger point of trouble and noises.”
He said right from the doctors down to the dayees everyone has to put in his or her best only then the MMCH Daltonganj will continue to march ahead.
“Under ‘Lakshya,’ there is a whole lot of official procedure in which 40 different kinds of registers are to be updated.” The CS agreed that register work leaves much to be desired. He assured it will be updated.
“Our great challenge is when a woman whose delivery is due comes to the labour room in acute anaemic condition. Anaemia among pregnant women is the worst malaise,” Dr Horo said.
“There is the issue of hypertension among the women to deliver the baby. The sad part of it is neither the woman knows it nor her attendant,” she added.
Lack of proper antenatal check-ups is also found wanting in many women. It compounds the problems more.
Dr Horo spoke about the poor toilet facility in the gynae ward saying the staff here prefers not to use the toilet.
The CS said he has asked his doctors in the peripheral health centres to help women patients fight against anaemia. He said the families of the women be made aware of the ill effects of anaemia.
As regards hypertensive and antenatal check-ups, the civil surgeon said, “It is the primary responsibility of the families too to take care of the women who are in the family. Our MMCH Daltonganj is always ready to help every patient.”
