“The operator did not seem to know how to operate the lift”
Health Minister V.S. Vijay and a group of doctors were trapped for a few minutes in a lift at one of the new buildings in Government Royapettah Hospital on Tuesday.
The Minister had come to inaugurate the Chief Minister's health insurance scheme ward at the building on Tuesday.
Hospital authorities and the Public Works Department officials heaved a sigh of relief after the Minister and the group were brought out after a few minutes of struggle.
After the incident, the Minister held a meeting with doctors and officials of the Public Works Department and asked them to speed up the work on the hospital premises. He stressed the need for keeping a complaint and feedback book in the new wards. Patients can register complaints during their stay at the hospital on the complaint book. At the time of their discharge, the feedback would be obtained in a separate book.
“The [lift] operator did not seem to know how to operate the lift,” Dr.Vijay said about the incident. Officials of the Public Works Department said the incident occurred on account of overcrowding and the lift was now in working condition.
The PWD officials had examined the lift on Monday. The Chief Electrical Inspector to Government had certified the lift a few months ago. The certification is valid from August 4, 2011 to August 3, 2012.
The Chief Minister's insurance ward with 54 beds inaugurated on Tuesday is on the first floor of the five-storeyed surgical block constructed by the PWD. The structure has a total built up area of 65,902 sq ft of which 9,011 sq ft has been earmarked for the insurance ward.
Each of the patients at insurance ward would have buzzer and locker facilities. A liaison officer would be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all days at the insurance ward.
Keywords: Government Royapettah Hospital
good!!! I conradulate the pwd for not having proper maintenance so that,let all the politicians comes to know how the govt people are working even if the lift is in working conditions,too many people along with them [ministers]on rounds /visits of the hospital/ any premises!!which would have made the lift operator panic!!! Poor fellow! because it's a minister the news has come out otherwise so for how many of the public would have suffered??does any one knows about it???
standards has to come in for all the work no single job should be left without the standards , for which you need to be set the proper guidelines !!! will tamilnadu govt take measures ?atleast from the medico and paramedico side to begin with ?, i would like to give my contributions from my side as a paramedic ,given an opportunity!
Dr. Sukumar, former Cardiologist, Govt. General Hospital, was very particular that the heart patients should not get stranded in the lift. He used to personally check the lifts everyday, in spite of his heavy work. He will make sure that the maintainance service is efficient.
The Minister is not setting up an example by taking the stairs and coming down using them. The Royapettah Hospital is not even 6 Storied building. Healthy Hospitals and HEALTH CONSCIOUS HEALTH MINISTERS are a RARE BREED these days....
Let the ministers know what POWER CUT means ...
All the politicians accompanied with a mass party followers mostly upto 30-50 people. All them entered in a lift, because of the overcrowding it may halted. There is nothing unusual in this. how can a lift operator restrict the minister's group??
There are multi-hour power cuts in different areas of Chennai at
different points in time. One must carry a power cut schedule for the
city in order to not get into a lift right before a power cut.
Generators are present, but many do not switch on automatically, and
someone has to throw a specific switch for the generator to get the
lifts working.
And this is in Chennai. In smaller
cities and towns with many more power cuts, thousands of people are
getting stuck in lifts everyday.
Such eye opening incidents should happend with our politicians so that they become aware of the social conditions in our day to day life.
This is the actual situation in all the hospitals around Tamil Nadu.
Here it is the lift, in other hospitals it is structures such as bed, chair, fan etc. Kindly take a look into this.
The lift failed,when help was at hand,as the Minister was present. What is worrying is the reason,namely,'overloading' of the lift.It was providence that it was 'overloaded'only to the extent of, stopping it.Had the lift failed to hold on to its rails,there could have been a free fall,with catastrophic consequences.While tendering to the health of the in patients,the systems in hospitals,should ensure that the healthy ones,who come to visit,don't end up in beds in wards!
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