Varanasi: Varanasi’s Authorities Mental Hospital (GMH) has been supplied with a pathologist and a lab technician by the chief medical officer (CMO) on DM S Rajalingam’s order.
The hospital treats mentally in poor health prisoners from all UP jails, in addition to different sufferers from districts of adjoining states.
CMO Sandeep Chaudhary instructed TOI that the pathologist and lab technician will acquire samples of sufferers from GMH and carry them to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) district hospital for checks. As for diagnostic checks like X-ray and CT scans, sufferers should go to the district hospital, he added.
TOI had on February 2 highlighted how sufferers with psychological sickness (together with these from jails) from the GMH needed to be despatched to the DDU district hospital for checks owing to unavailability of a pathologist and a technician.
GMH’s Dr Amarendra mentioned, “All UP jails refer prisoners with psychological problems to our hospital. Apart from, sufferers from adjoining states of MP, Bihar and Chhattisgarh additionally come right here for therapy. This hospital has been listed within the particular class. Nonetheless, we’ve not been supplied with pathologists or lab technicians.”
“Now, this has been a problem contemplating that lots of our indoor sufferers are prisoners with psychological sickness, and it’s thus unsafe to check or deal with them with different widespread individuals. In absence of satisfactory skilled assist, we’re left with no different choice besides having to ship them to DDU district hospital for sampling and checks, which will be dangerous in additional than a method,” the physician added.
Through the Covid pandemic, the CMO had despatched lab technicians, which ensured sampling of sufferers contained in the hospital. Nonetheless, later, the ability was discontinued. CMO Chaudhary had defined the suspension saying that technicians stay engaged with Covid sufferers.
Lastly, the hospital has been supplied with professionals to help needed processes, and likewise to keep away from the motion of sufferers to the district hospital.
The hospital treats mentally in poor health prisoners from all UP jails, in addition to different sufferers from districts of adjoining states.
CMO Sandeep Chaudhary instructed TOI that the pathologist and lab technician will acquire samples of sufferers from GMH and carry them to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) district hospital for checks. As for diagnostic checks like X-ray and CT scans, sufferers should go to the district hospital, he added.
TOI had on February 2 highlighted how sufferers with psychological sickness (together with these from jails) from the GMH needed to be despatched to the DDU district hospital for checks owing to unavailability of a pathologist and a technician.
GMH’s Dr Amarendra mentioned, “All UP jails refer prisoners with psychological problems to our hospital. Apart from, sufferers from adjoining states of MP, Bihar and Chhattisgarh additionally come right here for therapy. This hospital has been listed within the particular class. Nonetheless, we’ve not been supplied with pathologists or lab technicians.”
“Now, this has been a problem contemplating that lots of our indoor sufferers are prisoners with psychological sickness, and it’s thus unsafe to check or deal with them with different widespread individuals. In absence of satisfactory skilled assist, we’re left with no different choice besides having to ship them to DDU district hospital for sampling and checks, which will be dangerous in additional than a method,” the physician added.
Through the Covid pandemic, the CMO had despatched lab technicians, which ensured sampling of sufferers contained in the hospital. Nonetheless, later, the ability was discontinued. CMO Chaudhary had defined the suspension saying that technicians stay engaged with Covid sufferers.
Lastly, the hospital has been supplied with professionals to help needed processes, and likewise to keep away from the motion of sufferers to the district hospital.