Praful Chander Nagpal
Fazilka, September 26
Set up in 1909, Fazilka Dane Hospital (now a district hospital) will be shifted to new building soon but adjacent to a carcass-dumping ground near a road connecting Senia and border road.
No overhead water tank in New building
According to information, the new building lacks an overhead water tank, due to which water supply requirements of the 100-bed hospital will be hit. Experts pointed out that water motors alone won’t be enough to provide water supply. When contacted, Sukhchain Singh, XEN, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, said tenders for construction of an overhead tank had been floated
The department had directed the authorities to shift the hospital on September 15. The orders have been issued despite the fact that there were certain glaring shortcomings in the newly constructed building. However, the shifting process has begun, sources said CM Charanjit Singh Channi should formally inaugurate the hospital, along with the newly constructed bus stand, soon.
There is a huge carcass-dumping ground just 20-feet away from the new building, from which foul smell emanates round-the-clock. “It is difficult to stay at the hospital on a windy day and it will cause a lot of inconvenience to the patients admitted at the hospital too,” said some persons from the hospital staff.
Fazilka Municipal Council Sanitary Inspector Naresh Khera claimed that the process of shifting the dumping ground had begun and the new ground shall be allotted soon.
According to information gathered by The Tribune, the building lacks an overhead water tank, due to which water supply requirements of the 100-bed hospital will be hit. Experts pointed out that water motors alone won’t be enough to provide water supply.
When contacted, Sukhchain Singh, XEN, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, said tenders for construction of an overhead tank had been floated.
Besides, the sewerage system of the hospital had also been connected in an alleged “unauthorised manner” without remitting requisite amount of Rs 65 lakh to the Municipal Council. Municipal Council Executive Officer Rajnish Girdhar said the health authorities had applied for the connection and were yet to deposit Rs 65 lakh for it.
Meanwhile, the government appears to be in utter haste to shift the hospital to the new building allegedly to derive mileage of the facility before the state Assembly elections.
112-year-old Fazilka district hospital to be shifted near dumping ground
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