Services In MKCG Hospital At Berhampur Severely Hit As 10 Lifts Go Out Of Operation

Berhampur: Health services in MKCG Medical College and Hospital at Berhampur in Odisha’s Ganjam district have been severely affected as 10 out of 29 lifts in are not functioning for several days.

Having more than 30 departments, MKCG Hospital has more than 10 high rise buildings and elevators are mostly used by the patients and their attendants in various wards. There are separate lifts for doctors, staff and for the patients.

There are 4 lifts in a 5-storey building for surgery which is used by more than 500 patients, attendants, relatives who visit there, doctors and staff on daily basis. As two lifts are out of order, the other two are always over-burdened.

Similarly, two lifts in the 4-storey PMR building are out of order for a few days and the patients, doctors and others have to go to different floors on the stair cases. In the Super Speciality ward, 3 out of 5 lifts are defunct.

MKCG MCH is the referral hospital for about 50 lakh people of 10 southern districts of Odisha and neighbouring Ichhapuram in Andhra Pradesh.