Plea to restore outpatient services at Jipmer

Puducherry MP V. Vaithilingam seeks Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s intervention

May 07, 2020 04:30 pm | Updated 04:30 pm IST - Puducherry

Hundreds of people are dependent on Jipmer for treatment of various chronic ailments, said Mr. Vaithilingam in his letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. File photo

Hundreds of people are dependent on Jipmer for treatment of various chronic ailments, said Mr. Vaithilingam in his letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. File photo

Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) V. Vaithilingam has sought the intervention of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan in restoring outpatient department (OPD) services at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.

In a letter to the Minister on Wednesday, the MP said the institute had been designated as COVID-19 speciality hospital by the Centre. After the lockdown was imposed, hospital authorities suspended OPD and all other treatment/surgeries except emergency cases.

Hundreds of people who were dependent on the hospital for treatment of various chronic ailments were badly affected. On any normal day, the hospital used to attend 8,000 to 10,000 people. Currently, the hospital provided treatment to only about 5 % of them, Mr. Vaithilingam said.

Even those who were able to get consultation were not able to buy medicine from the campus as the pharmacy was not functional, he said.

Mr. Vaithilingam, therefore, requested Mr. Vardhan to give necessary direction to the authorities concerned to restore services.

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