Bangalore: The hallways were cleared of wailing new mothers and newborns, and the corridors near the maternity ward of Vanivilas Hospital were less noisier on Tuesday, a day after Deccan Chronicle exposed the pathetic condition of the government-run hospital.
The DC team witnessed
a peaceful hallway with only guardians waiting outside. The empty mattresses that were strewn on the hallway earlier were nowhere to be seen on Tuesday. “It is definitely cleaner today,” said Anisa, who had come for her routine check-up at the hospital. The entrance too appeared to have been water washed.
Though the city's largest maternity hospital is still struggling with pressing issues of hygiene and shortage of beds, the authorities seemed to have taken the responsibility and tried to keep the premises clean. The beds, however, continue to remain short.
Dr Some Gowda, medical superintendent, Vanivilas Hospital, said, “We do need beds, but we are also facing space shortage. Even if we get more beds we have no place to put them.”
