Lack Of Specialists In Demow Model Hospital

HT Correspondent
DEMOW, July 25: The Demow Model Hospital which is situated at Demow Raichai Konwar Dehingia Gaon has been providing good healthcare facilities to the patients admitted in the hospital. It needs to be mentioned here that the Demow Model Hospital received the Kayakalp Award twice. Though it is a model hospital, there is a lack of specialists in Demow Model Hospital along with various other posts which are lying vacant in Demow Model Hospital. According to sources, two posts of senior medical officer are lying vacant in Demow Model Hospital while one post of medical officer (Ayurvedic) is lying vacant in Demow Model Hospital. Two posts of ward boy and three posts of ward girl, one post of dresser, one post of cleaner and post of night chowkidar are lying vacant in Demow Model Hospital. The management committee of the hospital pays less money to the cleaners who were working contractually in the hospital, said a health official. The patients of the Thowra constituency come to Demow Model Hospital for treatment as it is the only hospital in Thowra constituency. The locals have demanded the state health minister to fill up the vacant posts in Demow Model Hospital for the benefit of the people at the earliest.