1,300 lives lost at Tamil Nadu due to poor emergency care

1,300 lives lost at Tamil Nadu govt hospitals due to poor emergency care: Comptroller and Auditor General

SOURCE: TIMES OF INDIA

Julie Mariappan, TNN May 17, 2012, 05.56AM IST

CHENNAI: At least 1,376 accident victims could have been saved between 2008 and 2011 in Tamil Nadu had the government equipped emergency wards in nine of its own hospitals with adequate facilities, a Comptroller and Auditor General report has said.
It also pointed out that ambulances were either ill equipped or weren't located at strategic locations.
The report, tabled in the assembly on Wednesday, pointed out that the health department did not properly utilize the . 14.48 crore grant from the Centre to upgrade accident and emergency care centres at nine government hospitals - Cuddalore , Namakkal, Omalur, Padmanabhapuram, Perambalur , Tambaram, Tenkasi , Melur and Villupuram . The fund was meant for setting up facilities such as communication systems, blood banks, intensive care units, X-ray rooms and minor operation theatres.

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