Vital equipment at Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital in a shambles
The Hindu
Heavy rain has caused severe damage to Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, including its ₹2 crore catheterisation lab. Repair/replacement needed for 100+ patients/month.
THOOTHUKUDI
The recent heavy rain has rendered most of the vital equipment unusable in Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital. The doctors are helpless in treating patients now.
Among the many equipment that got damaged due to inundation, the catheterisation lab costing about ₹2 crore suffered the maximum damage. The cath lab, which was established in 2020, was much useful to the public as it can be used to pinpoint blocks in heart.
Since the lab is situated on the ground floor, rainwater which gushed into the hospital drenched the machine, thereby making it dysfunctional. It needs to be repaired or replaced at the earliest as the patients are now being referred to either Tirunelveli or Madurai. The cath lab was used by about 100 people in a month, said a hospital official.
The rainwater has also damaged other vital facilties in the hospital. The blood bank, laundry, dialysis, and radiotherapy, among others, were completely damaged in the rain. However, some of them have been repaired or serviced to bring them back into working condition.
Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNSMSC), which installed and serviced the catheterisation lab, is in the process of identifying problems in the machine. The doctors are unsure of whether it would be repaired or replaced.
The rain has also damaged computers, printers, patients’ records, CCTV cameras, and electric motors. Even furniture such as chairs, tables, mattresses and cots were also damaged.
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