Rajasthan’s healthcare services are under severe pressure due to a strike by doctors, which entered its 16th day today.
With private hospitals and diagnostic laboratories shut, government hospitals are burdened with a massive number of patients. Patients say they are unable to get admitted at government hospital due to the big rush.
The government hospitals are also admitting only patients who are in a serious condition. Even a simple X-ray has become a challenge, say patients.
Pregnant women say they are worried with the situation. They are anxious about which government hospital can admit them fast in case they go into labour.
Many have moved to neighbouring states for medical treatment.
The scenes are chaotic outside government hospitals, with guards managing large crowds, constantly blowing their whistles.
Rashid, 50, a semi-paralysed patient, was admitted in the general ward of a government hospital before he was discharged and sent to the outpatient department (OPD) to see a neurologist. The OPD shut down when his turn to see the doctor came.
