The Hospital

Our country has shortage of hospitals. We have hospitals in towns but our villages are still without hospitals. Hospitals are not held in high esteem in our country. Some persons still do not like to go to a hospital for treatment. They would rather die at home than be admitted into a hospital. This is sheer prejudice and ignorance.

A hospital has two departments indoor and outdoor. In the indoor department, patients are kept in wards and treated in the hospital. This department has two wards: patients are treated freely; in the private ward, they have to pay for the bed and medicinec, but they have to pay for the bed and medicinec, vut they receive the free service of doctors and nurses. Rich persons like to stay in the private ward . In the outdoor department patients are examined and adviced treatment at home . Simple cases are examined in the outdoor department, while major cases are treared in the indoor department.

A big hospital is a huge establishment. There are two wards: medical and surgical. there are many doctorrs, nurses and other workers.
all their acticities have to be suoervised and co-ordinated. Various kinds if medicines, equipments and materials have to be stored. There is an emergency ward.Cases of emergency have to be treated promptly. Patients have to be looked after carefully. Carelessness and neglect may result in suffering and death.A medical college lege should the immediately eatablished in our country. This will solve the problem of the shortage of doctors to some extent.

The hospitl is a very useful institution. Poor persons receive free treatment poor persons receive free treatment. In surgical and and serious medical cases even rich persons find it adcantageous to be treated in a hospital. In a facilities, Patients are carefully treated and nuresed. They are kept under strict medical rules. At home patients do not have such facilities.


In the weatern countries people go to a hospital even for minor cases because the hospitals are well-equipped and well-organised. In our country, even the few existing hospitals are poorly equipped and ill-staffed. They are generally short of medical supplies and facilities.People have little faith in our hospitals and doctors. Those who can afford, go to India and other ciuntries for treatment. This state of affairs should be improcved. Hospitals involve the question of life and death. The patients should be well-treated and carefully looked after.

Our villages are short of hospitals and medical facilities. Many villagers die for want of treatment. It is time that we give serious thought to the establishment of hospitals in villages. We cannot have a hospital for every village of panchayat, but we should establish hospitals at important rural centres. A hospital sat an important rural centre can serve the neighbouting villages. We should also turn turn our attention to the shortage of doctors.