No cellphone, no X-ray at Authorities Mata Kaushalya Hospital, Patiala
Patiala, September 23
Every time the district hospital runs out of the X-ray movies, workers make a weird announcement: “Solely those that have smartphones ought to come for X-ray.”
The employees at Authorities Mata Kaushalya Hospital, a district hospital within the residence district of state Well being Minister, say that this executed to make sufferers get {a photograph} of the X-ray from their cellphone to point out it to the physician.
In consequence, a majority of the needy sufferers change into ‘ineligible’ as they don’t have smartphones. Notably, X-ray is a typical non-abrasive imaging take a look at used to view the within of your physique by the medical doctors.
Fuljaria Devi (53), a building labourer, had a keypad cellphone (not a smartphone). She mentioned: “My son works close to the Focal Level. Solely he has a smartphone. Now, I must get my son to get my X-ray executed.”
Manjit Kaur, a daily-wager, who reached the hospital for therapy, mentioned: “I shouldn’t have a smartphone. I’ve pleaded with many individuals for assist however nobody is prepared.”
A senior physician, who was to look at X-ray on the smartphone, mentioned: “That is so unlucky that the sufferers should undergo this. X-ray will not be clearly seen on smartphones and we frequently face difficulties in diagnosing the sufferers.”
Mockingly, the Well being Minister had visited the hospital simply two days in the past.
Dr Sandeep Kaur, Medical Superintendent, Authorities Mata Kaushalya Hospital, mentioned: “This protects cash. Nonetheless, if somebody doesn’t have smartphone, the employees of our X-ray division instantly sends the photographs to the physician involved.”