Summary:
"All 40 doctors working in VIMS are on a deputation basis and no permanent recruitment has taken place so far. I am also planning to start four more OTs in a few months including emergency services if we get the required manpower. So if accident or trauma cases arrive at night, they have to be sent to private hospitals in the Health City, located in the vicinity. "We have good equipment including CT scan facility, but there are inadequate specialist doctors and a dearth of nurses due to which we are unable to run the 24x7 emergency services. The hospital management had also written to the state health authorities about the equipment issue but it was of no avail..