The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) has urged the government to conduct a State-wide safety and infrastructure audit of all government healthcare institutions following a series of recent hospital incidents, including a fire at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) , Adilabad, which claimed the lives of five infants, and the ceiling collapse at MGM Hospital, Warangal, which injured three patients.
The association also raised concerns over the long-standing infrastructure and maintenance requirements at MGM Hospital and urged the government to expedite the Warangal Super Specialty Hospital and make visible progress towards its operationalisation within one month. TJUDA also highlighted the shortage of dedicated vehicles at PHCs, CHCs, government medical colleges and peripheral institutions.
It said the lack of vehicles affected field visits, disease surveillance, immunisation, maternal and child health programmes, emergency referrals, sample transportation, health camps and disaster response.
