Healing burns sans proper facilities at Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital

INDORE: Following the Sendhwa bus fire incident last year, the chief minister had expressed desire to make available the best burn treatment facilities in the region for the people. But even after a year has passed, nothing much has been done in this regard. The burns unit at the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital (MYH), which sees almost 50-60 patients in a month, is still waiting for the government nod to establish state-of-art-infrastructure for the benefit of patients and staff.
A detailed project report of the proposal to equip the unit with world-class facilities was sent nearly five months back but got stuck in procedural walls. The report was prepared after the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited the hospital last year to see the patients who suffered burn injuries in the Sendhwa bus fire incident.
"We have sent the proposal report to the government. We are waiting for its nod to the project, which costs nearly Rs 4 crore. If approved, the MYH burns unit will turn the best in the whole central India," said Dr Sachin Verma, assistant professor and plastic surgeon at MYH burns unit. Dr Verma had left a plum job of Rs 2 lakh per month to see the burns unit functioning at the hospital.
He said, "I am an alumnus of the college, and want to see the hospital improve. One should not just hanker after money."
Currently, the unit has five beds in ICU and 10 other beds. The numbers are likely to increase if the proposal is approved. Staff of the hospital believe that the facilities would be bettered with the increase in strength of ward boys, sweepers and security guards.
Meanwhile, according to sources, the hospital authorities have once again asked the burns unit staff about its requirements recently.
Dr Verma said, "With the availability of facilities like ventilator, central oxygen and suction machine, multi-para monitor and ABG machine treatment of patients can be dealt with much more efficiently."
Healing burns without facilities
Ventilators
Central supply of oxygen and suction on each bed
Multi-para monitor
ABG machine
Air conditioners
Lack of class IV employees