Mangalore: MP Nalin Kumar Visits Wenlock Hospital – Voices for Hygiene
 
Pics: Sphoorty Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RS/SB)

Mangalore, Jan 5: With Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel’s surpise visit to the District Wenlock Hospital, the citizens are renewed with the fulfillment of the long demand for clean government hospital. On his visit the MP has come down heavily on the medical officer and asked him to stop the payment of bills to contractor until the cleaning work is accomplished.
 

Nalin Kumar asked for explanation on the garbage stored at several places inside the hospital and about the pending cleaning works. He directed the district medical officer Dr Prabhudeva to take immediate action to clean the floor and walls and also discharge waste water collected in the vicinity.
 
Nalin Kumar also ordered suspension of the staff nurses, who are on supervisory jobs. However, DMO defended the staff saying that severe shortage of staff in the hospital is affecting the routine as well as in taking good care of the patients.
 
Meanwhile, after visiting a ward in the hospital, wherein he found few patients not discharged for a long time now for they had no caretakers if discharged, Nalin Kumar said that arrangements need to be done to send them to home for destitute so that the beds in the hospital may be used to accommodate other needy patients.
 
MP was accompanied by party leaders and local corporators.