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By Dennis Marcus Mathew
HYDERABAD, DEC. 1. The future of 575 children with congenital heart disorders at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Hospital in Warangal is hanging in balance, courtesy a crunching shortage of technical staff, beds and space. Out of the 600 children who were diagnosed with congenital heart disorders in the hospital from August, around 25 were operated upon in 45 days. But the rest now have to wait for technicians from Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad. Nearly four months after the Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) organised a controversial rally in Hyderabad seeking free treatment for poor heart patients, things have hardly changed at the MGM Hospital, where the MRPS had actually started its agitation. The scanty infrastructure, especially lack of technicians, has crippled free treatment to the poor.
Technicians from OGH
The 25 surgeries were performed with help of technicians, including a cardiac anaesthetist, from OGH. However, with OGH now having its own share of cardiac cases to handle, the technicians have little time for the Warangal patients. Head of the Cardio-thoracic Department at MGM, A. Prabhakar Chary, says there are 1,900 cardiac patients, including 1,300 adults, registered with the hospital. Of these, more than 50 per cent, mostly children, require surgeries. "The Government had issued a G.O. in April this year sanctioning Rs. 10 crores for expanding the cardiology and cardio-thoracic wings here. But nothing has moved after that," Dr. Chary, the sole cardio-thoracic surgeon at the MGM with only a general surgeon to assist him, says. The post-operative ward for the cardiac wing has space for a solitary bed. It could have more, because it was actually a bathroom that was converted to accommodate children after complicated heart surgeries. The super specialty cardio-thoracic ward here has only 12 nurses instead of 30 and 15 beds instead of 35.
Equipment available
"We have all the necessary equipment. But without staff, how can we handle all these cases. There has been no response to the representations made to the Government," he says. The hospital is trying to set up a foundation on its own to help the ailing children.
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