Ludhiana, December 22
In the absence of proper infrastructure, government aid, less manpower and people’s apathetic attitude, the local Civil Hospital has been able to perform the surgeries on a par with other hi-tech private and charitable hospitals in the year 2001.
Even as the Civil Hospital has been in the news for inadequate facilities provided to the patients, a list of the surgeries performed in the hospital using latest and ultra-modern techniques is enough to make one believe that despite all odds the doctors have been able to do a commendable job.
Data of various surgeries performed reveal that as many as 2,065 surgical operations were performed successfully by doctors during this year which included 787 general surgeries, 232
gynae surgeries, 899 orthopaedics, 37 ENT operations and 110 eye operations.
Dr Harvinder Singh, Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, said it was unfortunate that people always underestimated the credibility of the hospital.
He said, “We have only two general surgeons, two gynae surgeons, one orthopaedic and eye surgeon in the hospital. We are able to provide our best services to the common man and that too at very nominal rates”.
The SMO said the rates of all the minor and major surgeries had been fixed by the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC). He said, “It is really painful because people do not trust us. They believe that the hospital is meant for lower income group people only. People crib that they do not get proper care at the hospital as compared to other hospitals. But the reality is that our performance is equivalent to that of other hospitals”.
Dr Wahegurupal Singh, Medical Superintendent, Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital, said a total of 2,450 surgeries had been performed at the hospital in 2001. As many as 1,100 general surgeries were performed, 600 orthopaedic operations were conducted and 400 gynae, 200 ENT and 150 eye operations were performed successfully at the hospital.
Dr O.P. Arora of Arora Neuro Center, claimed that 30 to 40 surgeries were being performed at the hospital but they were all hi-tech surgeries, including micro dissectomy, micro-nerve repair, anterior disc surgery and removal of pituitary tumour through nose.
An official from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, on condition of anonymity, disclosed that on an average 30 to 40 minor and major surgeries were conducted at the hospital daily.
Dr Amardeep Singh of Sigma Heart Institute said 40 to 50 procedures of angioplasty and surgeries were performed in the hospital in one month.
