Srinagar, Dec 19 (KNS): Patients visiting Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura alleged that they are facing serious health problems due to unhygienic conditions at the hospital.
Scores of patients who talked to KNS on Saturday said that there is need for quick intervention to change the situation to prevent them from acquiring hospital borne infections.
“Such situation can cause a serious infection to the patients with open wounds,” said Kursheed Ahmad, an attendant.
The Post Operative Wards and toilets at the hospital are clogged with filth causing immense inconvenience to the patients and their attendants.
Mohmad Abrahim from sopore , who was accompanying her daughter for treatment, said that the poor sanitation at the hospital was exacerbated by filthy toilets.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“Situation is worse in the flush toilets which remain always blocked due to lack of water. It is terrible to be here. One can contract dangerous diseases on visiting here for the treatment,” he said and added each time he visits the toilet he vomits because of the heavy stench emanating from human feces.
Mehmooda , attending her brother whose Kidney were to be transplant is worried that her brother may acquire infection due to poor hygiene at the hospital. “Service delivery at the hospital is poor. It takes hours for a patient to be attended by doctors. It is indeed heart breaking that cries of patients have for long gone unanswered,” she said.
When contacted Medical Superintendent of the hospital he was not available for comments. (KNS)