House surgeons at Tiruvannamalai medical college complain of poor facilities
The Hindu
The house surgeons said their living quarters and the food they were given were bad, and were adding stress to their workload in the COVID-19 ward
House surgeons in Government Tiruvannamalai Medical College and Hospital (GTMCH) claim that the facilities in their quarters, including toilets and food, are poor. Since many of them work in the COVID-19 isolation ward, they say they are stressed due to these problems when they return after each shift. There are 110 house surgeons undergoing the Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internships in the current batch at GTMCH. Out of them, at least 15 work in the COVID-19 isolation ward. “All of us stay in quarters. There are four floors in the building and each floor has two toilets. However, on each floor only one toilet is working,” said a house surgeon He said that the flush of the toilets, commodes and even doors are broken and they are not cleaned properly. “As many people on each floor are forced to use the same toilet, we are frightened of contracting the virus even if one intern is asymptomatic. We have been complaining to senior officials, but they have not taken any action,” he said.More Related News