Patients suffer as SDH Beerwah has no digital X-ray machine, other facilities
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Patients suffer as SDH Beerwah has no digital X-ray machine, other facilities

Post by on Saturday, July 30, 2022

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 BUDGAM: Patients at the Sub District Hospital (SDH) Beerwah are facing a lot of problems due to unavailability of important facility including the digital X-ray. The hospital also doesn’t have the facility of conducting laparoscopic surgeries.
 
SDH Beerwah caters to patients from 80 villages and absence of such facilities is giving tough time to the patients visiting this healthcare facility.
 The patients told the Rising Kashmir that without these facilities, they are forced to visit private clinics and private hospitals and have to pay hefty amount if these procedures are to be conducted there.
 
 
Fatima Bano, a patient, said that doctors at SDH Beerwah asked her to do a didgital x-ray of her arm. “"Due to non-availability of this facility, I had to visit the private hospital and get the x-ray done," she said.
 
She said that the X-ray machine which SDH Beerwah is using is very old, and the patients have to wait for hours in the hospital for getting their x-ray done.
 
Ravees Ahmad, another patient, said that doctors at SDH Beerwah were still performing open surgeries as the hospital did not have the facilities to undergo laparoscopic surgeries.
 
“Open surgeries take a lot of time and is also very painful. The flow of the patients in the hospital is increasing day by day. The patients who undergo open surgeries have a longer stay time and others have to wait for a longer duration to undergo any surgical procedure,” he said.
 
With this facility, the recovery period will be less and more patients requiring such procedures will be attended to in a shorter span of time.
 
Block Medical Officer (BMO) Beerwah, Dr Javaid Ahmad Ganaie said that he has already sent a requisition to higher officials asking for a digital x-ray machine. “ This facility will be soon made available to the patients here,” he said.
 
As of now, we have an x-ray machine at the hospital which is not digital, he said.
 
He added that the keyhole or laparoscopic surgeries will also be performed here as soon as the facility is made available to the hospital.
 
 
 

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