Finally, ailing Mewat doctor gets bed in Rohtak pvt hospital

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, April 22

The Covid situation has turned so alarming in the state that even doctors are struggling to get beds in private as well as government hospitals for the treatment of Covid.

Dr Sanjeev Khichi, Associate Professor with the Community Medicine Department at SHKM Medical College, Nalhar (Mewat), allegedly failed to get an ICU bed at prominent private hospitals in Gurugram and Jaipur as well as at the PGIMS in Rohtak as no critical care bed was available in any of the institutions.

After contacting such hospitals, his relatives somehow managed to get him admission at a private hospital in Rohtak on Thursday. Covid has caused him lung infection, resulting in low levels of oxygen.

“My younger brother tested Covid-positive at his workplace in Mewat on April 19. He got admitted to the SHKM Medical College when his condition deteriorated. Next day, his oxygen level dropped to 60 and doctors advised us to rush him to any other hospital where the facility of treating critical Covid patients is available,” said Krishan Khichi, a registered medical practitioner at Ateli town (Mahendragarh).

He maintained later that they contacted all prominent private hospitals in Gurugram, Jaipur and other places requesting their managers to admit a member of their fraternity but no one paid any heed.

“Then, we contacted our relatives and friends in Rohtak who too tried to get an ICU bed for my brother at the PGIMS but found no such bed was available there. Finally, we managed to get an ICU bed at a private hospital in Rohtak city and brought my brother here from Mewat,” said Krishan.

He said while doctors who had been combating the pandemic are struggling to get medical aid, political leaders and other influential people are easily being provided the facility in every private and government hospital. “Who will treat Covid patients when doctors won’t be available?” questioned Krishan.