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Updated On: 10 August, 2009 07:19 AM IST | | Bipin Kumar Singh
With the BMC adding more swine flu testing centres, MiD DAY visits one and comes away appalled at the lack of safety measures for staff and slack outlook to sample collection for testing
With the BMC adding more swine flu testing centres, MiD DAY visits one and comes away appalled at the lack of safety measures u00a0for staff and slack outlook to sample collection for testing
The BMC may have opened five more swine flu testing centres in the city yesterday, but the negligence that
MiD DAY witnessed at one of the testing centres defeats the purpose behind the move.
At Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar, which is now a testing centre, many staff members complained that they had not been provided protective masks.
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Unmasked: Disgruntled u00a0X-Ray department employees of Rajawadi Hospital who had not been given masks |
Three staff members, who had not been given masks, accused the senior officials of negligence. "No one is serious about their job.
They don't even care whether the staff members have been provided with safety masks or not," said an employee who, with his colleagues, was on his way to complain about this oversight.
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They were, however, interrupted by a security guard and taken to Chief Medical Officer Dr Vinayak Shinde's office before they could say anything else. Ironically, a couple of other staff members were standing outside Shinde's office without masks.
A security guard on duty, on condition of anonymity, said, "We too don't have masks. Let things settle down first, then I will ask for one."
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A canteen employee, who was exiting the hospital, said, "I don't want to comment on why I am not wearing a mask. Go and ask the doctors."
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The sample collection centre remained unmanned for about two hours, while people outside got agitated. Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
