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Ludhiana: Water collect outside MCH as sewer lines choked in civil hospital
The sewage system has been blocked for months in the past and has been cleared multiple times., however, there is an issue with the pipe that needs to be fixed, which appears to be a significant undertaking, said a hospital staff seeking anonymity
Patients and staff at the Mother and Child Hospital within the civil hospital are facing difficulties due to overflowing sewage causing stagnant water outside the labour room.
The area around the labour room is full of foul smell, causing discomfort for both patients and their attendants. The ambulances transporting patients are encountering difficulties due to stagnant water.
Despite efforts to prevent it, visitors and patients at Mother & Child hospital have been disposing cotton swabs, cloth pieces, and other waste materials in the sewage system, causing blockages, according to hospital staff.
The sewage system has been blocked for months in the past and has been cleared multiple times. However, there is an issue with the pipe that needs to be fixed, which appears to be a significant undertaking, said a hospital staff seeking anonymity.
The family members of patients in the hospital reported that the sight of dirty, stagnant water was very distressing.
Angad, a relative of a patient said, “Hospitals should maintain a high level of cleanliness, however, the water here has been stagnant for several days, which poses a risk for the spread of disease. The concerned authorities should take immediate action to address this issue.
Another relative of patient Aarif Ansari said, “My wife has been in the MCH ward for the past two days, but as a man, I am not allowed to enter the female ward and have to stay outside. However, the strong bad odour is making it difficult for me to even stand there.”
Not even the relatives of patients but the ambulances transporting patients are also facing inconvenience.
A driver of 108 ambulance seeking anonymity said, “It has become very difficult to park the ambulance outside MCH ward and shift the patient to the stretcher as there is stagnant water all around.”
Rajwinder Singh, a relative of another patient said, “My child has been on a ventilator in the MCH ward since last night and we have been here since then. The standing water makes it difficult to reach the ward and the wet feet with dirty water may be carrying germs into the ward.”
MCH senior medical officer, Deepika Goyal said, “I received the complaint on Monday itself. There is some blockage in the sewage and we are trying to resolve the issue at the earliest.”
