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DCO Visit to THQ Hospital Booni,
This refers to the news " DCO surprise visit to
THQ hospital Booni", which is very much appreciated by our writers
and of course, the common public. This may be a good step in terms
of controlling and monitoring the health care system in the region,
which is always overlooked by the government machinery. This has
been a common trend in the region that the government officials use
to conduct these kinds of surprise visits once in many years just
to gain the appreciation and acceptance from the simple and
innocent public and make themselves popular in a miserable effort
of cheap publicity.
The true picture of health care system in the region in terms of
trained and professional staff, availability and accessibility of
resources is not at the pace to meet the health care needs of the
public. The ground reality is that there is lake of fundamental and
necessary equipments and live saving drugs; In addition, the
condition of the available equipments is not in the position that
can give you a correct and pr�cised result on the basis of which a
disease can be diagnosed.
One of our most respected writer Mr. Jan has used the word "noble
health care professionals" in his letter. According to the
perception of the writer which portrays the general insight of the
public regarding the definition, qualification and job description
of a health care professional, It seems that any person who works
in any health care set up and just knows how to prick a needle and
check a blood pressure is a health care professional .But the
reality is that any person who receives a 4-5 years academic
education and robust training in health science and is given a
license to practice by the Government body is called a health care
professional. Any person who undergoes a few months course and
learns the very basic skills is not called a "noble health
professional". They are just health workers or assistants and so
are dispensers. These people are not even aware of the dignity and
worth of human life, which in fact has no alternative. There is not
a single professional nurse or pledge taken professional in the
said hospital, who can manage the patient care delivery, staffing,
feasibility of equipments and the presence of night staff which has
become the focal point. When there is a lack of professionally
trained and well educated staff in any set up, these kinds of
consequences will happen repeatedly, and the surprising visit is an
act of nonsense. Besides, the situation is same in regards to the
availability and specialty of doctors. How can you expect that a
child specialist and an orthopedic surgeon will manage a hospital
having a large catchments area? How can they manage patients with
various kinds of diseases without professional staff, appropriate
equipments and live saving drugs?
I suggest Mr. DCO some true solutions to the real core of the
problem rather than surprising visits.
1. Appoint professional nursing staff instead of dispensers or
compounders, who will manage shift duties including night duties.
They will be devoted to the patients' care and their profession,
making sure their availability in all shifts.
2. Make sure that there is enough supply of basic resources
including but not limited to pertinent equipments and life saving
drugs in the hospital round the clock.
3. There should be proper monitoring and evaluation of ongoing
activities rather than famed "surprising visits".
Regards
Ihsan Ullah
AKUH Karachi
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