Engineers from the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) under Ministry of Urban Development Thursday marked different parts of the hospital buildings with red, yellow and green signs, meaning most dangerous, dangerous and less dangerous."We have shifted the patients to the Trauma Center as our buildings were vulnerable," Dr Swyam Prakash Pandit, director at the hospital said. He informed that the hospital has shifted 136 patients to the Trauma center.
According to Dr Pandit, patients too feared to stay in the hospital, as there are multiple cracks on the buildings. "We currently have only 38 patients on the hospital's ground floor. Those who have been admitted to the hospital too fear to stay due to recurring tremors," he added.
Engineers at the DUDBC marked the hospital's kidney transplant unit, oncology unit and new intensive care unit with red sign and asked the administration to shut down those services immediately. They have also prohibited the use of paying ward, tea room, sisters' room, autoclave room, sterilization room, neurology department, anesthesiology bay, ground settlement of the hospital's white building, which they marked with yellow sign.
The engineers, who inspected the hospital facilities, cautioned that the aftershocks since the inspection may increase damage and the risks.
Director Pandit informed that patients too feared to visit the hospital due to repeated aftershocks. Only 35 patients visited the hospital on Sunday. The hospital informed that around 2,000 patients used to visit the hospital's out-patient department during regular days. There are multiple cracks in the hospital's buildings.
"We will not use the buildings, which are marked with red and yellow signs," said director Pandit. He however, said that the doctors will attend to patients at the hospital's main building, which the DUDBC's engineers have marked safe. He said the hospital has no option, except using the old building.
The hospital administration has also informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) about the condition of the hospital building and the loss caused by the devastating earthquake.
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