Medical camps without drugs

PATNA: The four medical camps established by the civil surgeon office to provide medicines and first-aid to the rallyists, in case of any eventuality, were only for namesake. Most of the camps didn''t have enough stock of medicines or the first-aid materials.
At one of the camp, the doctors on duty were absent. The number of ambulances were also less than that announced by the civil surgeon.Only three ambulances were visible at the rally ground. There were incidents of rallyist running away with medicines.
A large number of rallyist, who complained of vomiting, headache and dysentery, had to return without medicine. Only those who had received some cuts or minor bruises were provided with antiseptic lotion and bandage. Rallyists had to bring their own syringes for getting the tetanus injection as these were not provided in the camps.
The para-medical staffs posted at the camp on the south end of Gandhi Maidan complained that not a single doctor out of the five posted on duty had reported since morning.
The in-charge of the camp at the west end of Gandhi Maidan, Dr Krishna Singh, informed that more than 1,000 people visited with complaints of vomiting, loose motion and headache. Three people were referred to the Patna Medical College and Hospital following complaints of acute dysentery. Another person, who fainted because of epileptic attack, was also referred to the PMCH.
Dr Sunil Kumar, one of the doctor posted at the east Gandhi Maidan camp said that because of lack of police protection, they had to face problem. Most of the people visited the camp just to collect medicines. "Some of the rallyist ran away with the medicine and first-aid materials", he said.