Tezzbuzz Desk- Allegations of patients being forced to buy medicines from outside have come to light in Bulandshahr's Shikarpur Community Health Center (CHC). It is claimed that poor and working class patients coming to the government hospital for treatment are being asked to get medicines from private medical stores instead of providing medicines from the hospital. A video related to the case has also surfaced.
Accusations of commission against doctors
It is alleged that some doctors posted in CHC are prescribing such medicines on the prescription of patients, which have to be purchased from the medical store located outside the hospital. Regarding this, questions are being raised on the functioning of the hospital administration and health department. It is also being alleged at the local level that The game of commission taking is going on with the connivance of CHC in-charge and some doctors. However, these allegations have not been independently confirmed.
Video of patients' prescriptions and medicines goes viral
A video related to the case is going viral on social media. In this, prescriptions and medicines of patients who buy medicines from outside the hospital are being shown. After the video surfaced, the discussion regarding the government health system and the facilities provided to patients has intensified.
The biggest question is that when poor patients reach the government hospital with the expectation of treatment and medicines, then why do they have to buy medicines from outside medical stores?
Questions were also raised on CMO's claim
Whereas, in Bulandshahr CMO Dr. Sunil Kumar Dohri Claims that all types of essential medicines are available in hospitals. In such a situation, the allegations and viral videos coming out from Shikarpur CHC are raising questions on this claim. Now, only after the investigation of the entire matter by the Health Department, it will be clear what is the real reason behind prescribing medicines to the patients from outside and how much truth is there in the allegations of commission taking being leveled against the doctors.
The patients and their families demand that the health department conduct an impartial investigation into the matter and if any negligence or irregularity is found, action should be taken against those responsible.