Some Issues of concern at Coimbatore Medical college hospital

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

We would to like bring notice of you the following things happening in

Coimbatore Medical College Hospital(CMCH),Tamil Nadu.

In Coimbatore Medical College Hospital around 5000 HIV/AIDS Infected are coming

for treatment , and Opportunistic Infection treatment is fully neglected for

the PLHA.

If positive people admitted in wards also not getting proper

treatments. For the needed cases the surgery is totally avoided by the

surgeons. Majority of the People comes to the Medical College Hospital are

belongs to the below poverty line, so if treatment is neglected in government

hospital they are totally helpless.

The ART doctor is not visiting the Positive people admitted in the wards, also

there is no coordination between the ART doctor and other doctors for the

treatment of PLHA, so this all result in negligence of treatment of positive

people admitted in wards.

Also the ART ward nurse appointed for the ART Center is also not taking care of

the ward patients, but she does the job of the Pharmacist, So she is not able to

visit the wards.

TANSACS still not appointed the vacant post pharmacist .

Traditional way of filter paper method is still used in ART lab to measure the

Hb Count of the patients, some time this gives the false result, and this

reading is used for the prescribing ART.

If with false Hb count, Zidovudine is prescribed for patients will result in

anemia . The blood bank in the medical college is under the administration of

Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society(TANSACS), But for the positive people the

blood is not

provided in the needy situation.

Our Governments does many good things for the up liftment of the positive

people, But still in the grass root level we have to make changes, we says in

words that we provide treatments, but how far it practically done?

How many surgeries done in government hospitals for the positive people till now

?

This is not the situation coimbatore alone, majority of the Hospital condition

is same.

Hope things will change in near future, and government officials will

rectify the situation

With Regards

Covai District HIV Ullor Nala Sangam (CDHUNS)

Ph-04224504250

Email-cdhuns@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

I agree with CDHUNS that even after 20 years of HIV/AIDS activities in

Tamilnadu, Doctors are avoiding surgeries for PLHIV and the authorities are also

ignoring this reality.

TANSACS should reply back to the grievances cited by the PLHIV in the forum and

this is also not happening and TANSACS is shying away from all issues.

This is not a good sign.

Regards

Dr.Raman

e-mail: <tenthplanet@...>