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Maha: Congress MP Gaikwad expresses shock over condition of health services in suburban Mumbai
Mumbai, May 31 (UNI) City Congress president and MP Varsha Gaikwad on Saturday expressed shock over the current condition of suburban health services in Mumbai and questioned where did the Health department's Rs 7K crore fund go.
Responding to questions after visiting Bhabha Hospital in suburban Bandra and interacting with citizens there, she said, "The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is one of the richest municipal corporations in the country. The Corporation presented a budget of Rs 74,000 crore this year, of which Rs 7,000 crore has been allocated for the Health department, but the condition of suburban health services in Mumbai is very bad. If even basic facilities cannot be provided to patients, then where exactly did the municipal corporation's money go."
The BMC had assured that it would not inaugurate the hospital without providing facilities like cathlab,
nephrology, neurology, cardiac and blood bank in this building, but till date these facilities have not been started.
In 2024-25, a provision of Rs 12 crore was made for medicines, which has been reduced to Rs six crore this year. Tenders for medicines have not been floated for 14 months.
There are ICU, trauma ICU, and pediatric ICU departments in the intensive care unit, but there are no doctors available. Also, the number of beds in the intensive care unit is very less compared to the hospital beds.
Furthermore, 2D UCO machine is not available, pathology facility is also closed, she complained.
There are no facilities available in these suburban hospitals for tests like CT scan, MRI, she alleged and said if such tests are required, patients have to go out at a huge expense.
The state government-appointed administrator in BMC is playing with the health of Mumbaikars, Ms Gaikwad alleged and demanded that the state government and the BMC administrator should answer why Mumbaikars are not getting good health facilities despite the provision of Rs 7,000 crore.
"This money is going into whose pockets," she asked.
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