Sorry state of Area Hospital stuns Kishan
The Hindu
Minister takes immediate action to address infrastructural deficiencies
Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy had to do some fire fighting when he visited the Nampally Area Hospital on Monday morning. While he was there ostensibly to check on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive, he noticed a huge crowd at the hospital. On probing further and going around the wards, the hospital medical and health personnel poured out their tales of woe. Apparently, the 350 KV transformer burst a long time ago due to excess load and the replacement is not sufficient. Result is that the X-ray machine at the hospital which requires three-phase power is not working, forcing scores of patients to go out for such tests. The 100-bed hospital has been plagued with low voltage fluctuations causing many computer systems and others to go bust and the roof is leaky all through even in the paediatric ward, whenever there is a downpour. A proposal to build a separate out-patient block has been pending for years. Mr. Kishan Reddy called up the engineering wing official concerned and also the TS power distribution firm general manager even as he was being shown around, to urge them to provide the right capacity transformer without further delay, ensure there are no voltage fluctuations and take up immediate repairs for the building, especially the faulty wiring.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.