Civil Hospital, You’re Disgustingly Filthy

Every year same story: two resident docs down with dengue...BJ Medical College students arefurious with Civil Hospital authorities who keep proving year after year thatthey are incapable of maintaining hygiene on campus

Time and again, Civil Hospital authorities have been pulled up for not maintaining cleanliness on its premises, especially during monsoon. But it seems to make no difference. The hospital’s apathy towards providing a clean environment to its patients and doctors is evident from the most recent cases where two students of BJ Medical College Hostel were diagnosed with dengue. In the past, too, doctors at Civil have fallen victim to the aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the vector transmitting dengue.   

Medicos' mantra to avoid rural areas - will pay, won't serve

Around 76 per cent of BJ Medical studentsopted to pay bond money so that they can skip serving in rural hospitals for ayear after completing MBBS; their number has gone up to 900 in four years

Already lagging behind many states on human development index, medical graduates' refusal to serve in rural areas despite signing bond only drags the state. The state's largest medical college, BJ, which was expected to show the way has proved to be a big defaulter on this front: three out of four students refused to serve the mandatory stint in rural hospitals last year.

The trend has been dismal with almost 900 students washing their hands off from the duty to serve the needy patients in rural areas since 2010.