Kothe: Increase manpower at NMC’s isolation hospital

Nagpur: Officiating mayor Manisha Kothe on Thursday directed the civic administration to increase manpower at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)’s isolation hospital in Imamwada. At present, due to staff crunch, the hospital staff is forced to work for 12 hours at a stretch.
Kothe, standing committee chairman Vijay (Pintu) Zalke, ruling party leader Sandeep Jadhav, health committee chairman Virendra Kukreja, Dhantoli zone chairperson Lata Kadgaye, deputy municipal commissioner (solid waste management) Dr Pradeep Dasarwar, and medical officers of the hospital were present on the occasion.
The hospital, which is under renovation, also provides medical services to the poor and needy. On being informed about lack of availability of anti-rabies injections at the hospital, Kothe expressed anguish and directed the NMC’s medicine department to ensure immediate replenishment of stock.
The officiating mayor also visited NMC’s Babulkheda urban primary health centre (UPHC). She expressed concern over the broken compound wall of the UPHC, and said it should be repaired at the earliest for safety reasons. Kothe also discussed the facilities of other hospitals in the city with the medical officers.