With the retirement of plastic surgeons who have been working on the state capital’s two authorities hospitals that share main caseload of burn damage sufferers, the 2 medical services are actually with out plastic surgeons.
One plastic surgeon every, who have been working at Civil hospital (which has a 50-bed burn ward) and Balrampur hospital (which has a 12-bed burn ward) superannuated on June 30 (Friday) and none have changed them to date.
The burn wards at these authorities hospitals stay full at any given day. Now surgeons have been assigned obligation to take care of the burn damage sufferers at these two hospitals.
Specialists say plastic surgeons have a definitive position in remedy of sufferers of burn accidents. “A surgeon can properly handle a burn affected person initially to make them secure however the remaining a part of remedy wants a plastic surgeon,” stated Prof Vijay Kumar, HoD, plastic surgical procedure, at King George’s Medical College.
Dr Narendra Agrawal, director, Civil hospital, stated, “One in every of our surgeons has been working in the burn ward since lengthy and he’s caring for all of the admitted sufferers.” “If we get a plastic surgeon, issues might be higher,” he added. Specialists stated there are particular remedy associated selections which can be greatest taken by a plastic surgeon.
“The choice for debridement, (the method to deal with wound in the pores and skin, eradicating contaminated, useless tissue, overseas particles and residual materials from dressings), pores and skin grafting and amputation is to be taken and processed by a plastic surgeon. Although a surgeon is equally certified for amputation however the determination whether or not or not go for amputation is a plastic surgeon’s job,” stated Dr Vijay Kumar.
Within the authorities sector, burn wards are working at three authorities hospitals in Lucknow and one other at King George’s Medical College (KGMU) the place plastic surgeons can be found round the clock for its 35-bed burn ward.
The third authorities hospital that has a burn ward is Rani Laxmibai hospital the place a plastic surgeon is working. Additionally, there are only a few plastic surgeons in the federal government sector in the state. “Now we have surgeons taking care of burn sufferers. For any particular want, we are able to have session with medical doctors from KGMU or refer sufferers there,” stated a senior physician at Balrampur hospital.
Workplace bearers of Provincial Medical Companies Affiliation (PMSA) stated the work setting wanted to be improved to convey in extra specialists in authorities hospitals. “Specialists normally discover personal sector profitable. So, they keep away from becoming a member of authorities medical providers. If work setting and pay scale are made higher, we could have extra specialists even at group well being centres,” stated Dr Amit Singh, normal secretary, PMSA.