There was heavy rush at the District Government Hospital, taluk hospitals and Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Udupi district, owing to the protest by private medical establishments against the proposed Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2017, on Thursday.
Madhusudhan Nayak, District Surgeon, told The Hindu that there was double the number of patients who usually visit the District Government Hospital here. Usually the District Government Hospital has about 110 in-patients, but on Thursday, it had 151 in-patients.
“Normally, we used to get about 500 patients a day in Outpatient Department. But today, we had about 900 patients till 7 p.m. The Emergency and Trauma Ward received most patients and it was very busy. It received over 70 patients. The hospital pharmacy had been directed to remain open round-the-clock,” he said.
Rohini, District Health and Family Welfare Officer, told The Hindu that there was quite a heavy flow of patients at the taluk hospitals in Kundapur and Karkala and also in the Community Health Centres in the district. The inflow of patients in the Primary Health Centres was also high, she said.
