Madhya Pradesh: Operations Stalled At A Bhopal Hospital Due To Water Shortage
Hamidia is the oldest and largest hospital in Bhopal and operation of 15 people being delayed here is a grim signal.
Due to a shortage of water at state government’s Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal many operations were stalled, said a Dainik Bhaskar report. The problem has been persistent for the past ten days now, the report said.
The hospital requires at least 54 lakh litres of water every day, but only receives 13.5 lakh litres. Some equipment in the operation theatre could not be used as they could not be sterilised. Due to this reason, 15 operations were delayed in the hospital.
Additionally, on Wednesday patients of the hospital were bereft of drinking water all day.
The Hamidia Hospital gets 54,48,000 litres of water daily from the Municipal Corporation’s pump house which draws water from Ret Ghat Filter Plant. But, the water is clogged there due to a heavy garbage dump. So, the corporation is not able to draw water from it.
The staff and officials of the hospital have written to the authorities four times and also informed them of the issue verbally at least twice, said the report.