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Losses,
chaos on 26/7 compel Mumbai hospitals to relook into contingency
plan
Mumbai’s relentless and historic downpour on 26/7 which
claimed lives, wrecked property worth crores of rupees and
rendered many homeless had private hospitals at their wit’s
end. Besides being a mute spectator to breakage of equipment
and damage of infrastructure due to flooding and water seepage,
hospital authorities had to grapple with power cut, a dwindling
stock of food, water scarcity and provide accommodation for
hundreds of stranded employees.
Patient
grievance cell yet to click with hospital management
Amit (name changed) went to see his younger brother Siddharth,
who was operated for an ailment in a well-known Mumbai-based
private hospital. Amit was denied entry into the ward, where
his brother was staying, post-operatively and was asked to
produce a consent letter duly authorised by the medical director
to enter the ward.
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