‘No proper treatment at M’luru hosp’

Kannur: Despite Karnataka government’s conditional permission to take patients from Kasaragod to Mangaluru hospitals for treatment, authorities there have restricted entry to only one hospital and this has made things worse.
Those who faced the bitter experience allege that Karnataka’s permission is just a farce and the patients are not getting proper treatment.
A 24-year-old woman from Kannur, who had to undergo a surgery following delivery-related complications last month, had to return on Wednesday night after she was not permitted to visit the hospital where she had the surgery. She had to wait for long hours without treatment in the hospital, said her husband Ashkar. Finally, Ashkar returned with her on Wednesday at night and took her to a hospital in Kannur on Thursday.
Thasnima, a patient from Thalagara in Kasaragod, too faced a similar experience and she had to return without treatment, said her husband Abdul Rashid.Finally, he took her to a hospital in Kannur on Thursday.
Yet another female patient from Kunjathur in Manjeshwar had to wait for long hours before getting treatment, said a relative. “My sister-in-law had to undergo scanning for her ailments. There was a huge delay at the hospital,” said Naushad Ahmed, who accompanied her.
However, hospital authorities denied the allegations and cited protocol issues and government restrictions for the delay.
“We came to know only on Wednesday that only our hospital would admit patients from Kerala but we cannot provide treatment without basic examinations, including the testing for Covid, hence the delay,” said Siddharth Shetty, a professor at KS Hegde Medical Academy.
He said the hospital has to follow government directives and the delay is not deliberate.tnn