The court took a serious note of a report submitted which highlighted the inadequacy of facilities in the hospital and non-availability of doctors in OPD.
Prayagraj:Taking a serious note of the medical infrastructure of Prayagraj, the Allahabad High Court has said the government medical setup in the city is under great threat from private medical mafias and the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital cannot be called a hospital but rather a mortuary.
In its order on Friday, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said, "Prayagraj is under the grip of medical mafias. SRN Hospital attached to Motilal Nehru Medical College is in a pathetic condition. The poor and helpless patients are being dragged by the touts posted by the medical mafias in the hospital to private medical set up and are not being treated in the hospitals attached to the medical college."
"The government medical set up is under great threat from the private medical mafias of the city," the bench summed up.
The court took a serious note of a report submitted by the two amicus curiae, appointed by the court, who inspected SRN Hospital and highlighted the inadequacy of facilities in the hospital and non-availability of doctors in OPD.
The court issued a slew of directions to improve condition of the SRN Hospital and also directed the Uttar Pradesh principal secretary to apprise about this order to the state government and place it before the chief secretary and if needed before the chief minister for his due consideration.
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