Rajasthan
With Unreliable Icu Facilities, Zanana Hospital Continues To Depend On Sms | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Sapna Sharma, who was having a high-risk pregnancy, had a close shave with death as her condition deteriorated at Zanana Hospital, where she had been admitted, immediately after the premature delivery at 5am on June 18. Since the state’s biggest government-run women-specialty hospital was not well equipped with critical care facilities, the 27-year-old woman from Sikar district had to be rushed to SMS Hospital.
Her baby was born 23 days before the due date. While the baby was alright, Sharma’s condition continued to worsen, and she was taken to the ICU of Zanana Hospital. “After shifting her to the ICU, the doctors told me that the ICU’s machine has stopped functioning, due to which she needs to be shifted to an ICU of SMS Hospital,” recalled Lokesh Sharma, her brother-in-law. “With the help of some known people at SMS Hospital, we managed to get an ICU there and her life was saved. Timely shifting by arranging an ambulance helped a lot,” he added.
TOI visited Zanana Hospital and interacted with patients’ attendants and hospital staff to check how well equipped it is for critical care. The 554-bedded hospital is running without proper ICU facilities and continues to bank heavily on SMS Hospital. Like Sapna Sharma, many other patients face situations of distress here. The hospital’s ambulance service remains alert to shift critical patients to SMS Hospital.
There are four ICU beds at Zanana Hospital, but they do not prove effective enough without expert doctors present to take care of critical patients. Since it is the biggest government-run women-specialty hospital in Rajasthan, high-risk patients from all districts are referred here.
Ashiq Khan, a carpenter from Hindon in Karauli district, waited with bated breath at Zanana Hospital after donating blood for his wife. “Her platelets count has dropped significantly. The doctors at Hindon asked us to bring her to Jaipur. I have donated blood, and now I am waiting for when the platelets are transfused into her. But I am told that she may have to be taken to SMS Hospital,” said Khan.
Recently, a patient referred from Tonk to Zanana Hospital was referred to SMS Hospital, but her family opted for a private hospital.
A senior official of the Zanana Hospital administration accepted that ICU facilities need to be strengthened at the hospital to stop shifting patients to SMS Hospital. “If a patient has heart or kidney issues or needs treatment by specialists, they are shifted to SMS Hospital. Fifty ICU beds are proposed at our hospital, which will resolve this crisis,” he added.
Her baby was born 23 days before the due date. While the baby was alright, Sharma’s condition continued to worsen, and she was taken to the ICU of Zanana Hospital. “After shifting her to the ICU, the doctors told me that the ICU’s machine has stopped functioning, due to which she needs to be shifted to an ICU of SMS Hospital,” recalled Lokesh Sharma, her brother-in-law. “With the help of some known people at SMS Hospital, we managed to get an ICU there and her life was saved. Timely shifting by arranging an ambulance helped a lot,” he added.
TOI visited Zanana Hospital and interacted with patients’ attendants and hospital staff to check how well equipped it is for critical care. The 554-bedded hospital is running without proper ICU facilities and continues to bank heavily on SMS Hospital. Like Sapna Sharma, many other patients face situations of distress here. The hospital’s ambulance service remains alert to shift critical patients to SMS Hospital.
There are four ICU beds at Zanana Hospital, but they do not prove effective enough without expert doctors present to take care of critical patients. Since it is the biggest government-run women-specialty hospital in Rajasthan, high-risk patients from all districts are referred here.
Ashiq Khan, a carpenter from Hindon in Karauli district, waited with bated breath at Zanana Hospital after donating blood for his wife. “Her platelets count has dropped significantly. The doctors at Hindon asked us to bring her to Jaipur. I have donated blood, and now I am waiting for when the platelets are transfused into her. But I am told that she may have to be taken to SMS Hospital,” said Khan.
Recently, a patient referred from Tonk to Zanana Hospital was referred to SMS Hospital, but her family opted for a private hospital.
A senior official of the Zanana Hospital administration accepted that ICU facilities need to be strengthened at the hospital to stop shifting patients to SMS Hospital. “If a patient has heart or kidney issues or needs treatment by specialists, they are shifted to SMS Hospital. Fifty ICU beds are proposed at our hospital, which will resolve this crisis,” he added.
