BOKARO: Three private hospitals were found operating without registration and proper doctors or trained staff in the heart of Bokaro town, a district inspection team has found. Moreover, the patients in these hospitals were referred from the government-run
sadar hospital.
After its inspections, the four-member team found Monu Hospital, Sundaram Hospital, both located at the City Centre and Mother Teresa Hospital on Dharamshala More in Chas were operating without registration under the Clinical Establishment Act. The team also found the hospitals have admitted patients for surgeries despite the shortcomings.
District TB officer N P Singh, who led the team, said, “It was shocking that these hospitals were running without doctors as the patients’ note sheet did not have any doctors. When we questioned the nurses, they were reluctant even to reveal their own names.”
The team members found one male patient, who suffered injuries in a road accident on Sunday, was referred to the Mother Teresa Hospital from the sadar hospital. Team member and district reproductive health and child officer, Dr Kanta Tirki, said, “It is a matter of investigation on how referrals were made to these hospitals.”
District data manager, who is also part of the team, said, “Shockingly, no doctor had attended to the patient since he came to the hospital. The staff gave the patient, who suffered a leg fracture and was in acute pain, only first aid. We have shifted him to sadar hospital now.”
At Monu Hospital, the team noticed that hysterectomy was performed on a 25-year-old female patient, which wasn’t required at all. Sundaram Hospital had two patients, including a woman who had undergone a caesarean section, but her baby was admitted in the sadar hospital.
When contacted, civil surgeon, Dr A K Pathak, said, “Action will be taken against the three hospitals once the team members submit the inspection report to him.”