Bantwal: No syringe in hospital - Patient sent back by nurse

Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)

Bantwal, Oct 4: In an incident that brought to light the poor state of affairs in some of the government hospitals, a nurse reportedly sent back a patient who needed an injection as there was no syringe available in the hospital!

Not only was he sent back, the nurse even asked him to get a syringe from outside.

The incident is said to have occurred on Thursday, October 3 at the government hospital at Bantwal. The patient then contacted the minister of health U T Khadar through his relatives and brought the matter to his notice.

Minister U T Khadar contacted the district medical officer immediately and asked him the reason for scarcity of syringes when several crores of rupees are being spent on healthcare by his department.

As per the district medical officer's instructions, the taluk medical officials immediately went to the hospital and arranged for syringes.

Khadar said that making patients wander like this is uncalled for. A memo has been issued to conduct an enquiry against the nurse, he said.

He added that an enquiry led by district health official into the incident of death of pregnant woman and child in BC Road private hospital is in progress. Future course of action will be decided after the outcome of the enquiry, he added.