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>> PANAJI: The erratic water supply at the Goa medical collegeand hospital is
>>causing grave inconvenience to patients and their attendants, who are forced
>>to use drinking water, or carry cans of water from home, for washing purposes.
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>>"Every floor has a set of restrooms, as does every ward. But there is no
>>water supply for many hours at a stretch and we are unable to use the
>>restrooms, leave alone having a bath," Mary Gomes (name changed) says. Her
>>husband is admitted to the male ward in the medicine block. "At least if
>>there were fixed timings, we could collect and store some water for
>>emergencies; but nobody here knows when the water supply would resume," she
>>complains.
>>
>>When TOI visited the hospital on Sunday morning, the bathrooms in the
>>medicine block did not have any water, all the taps were dry and most of them
>>were left open.
>>
>>"We provide patients with jugs of boiled drinking water twice a day, but we
>>are quite helpless when it comes to the supply of running water. We never
>>know when the flow of water may stop suddenly, so nobody goes to the toilet
>>without a bottle of water," a nurse manning one of the surgical wards
>>quipped.
>>
>>"It is a nightmare for the ayahs and cleaning staff, who are expected to keep
>>the toilets clean without water," she pointed out.
>>
>>While the 1000-bedded hospital at Bambolim has always been plagued by water
>>scarcity, the hospital administration tends to point fingers at visitors who
>>leave the taps open, wasting water or miscreants who steal plumbing fittings.
>>
>>Chairman of the visiting committee of the Goa medical college hospital, MLA
>>Vishnu Waghopines that the persistent water problem reflects poor
>>administration. "The hospital urgently requires at least two bore wells and a
>>rain water harvesting system to re-charge ground water levels in the area.
>>Water is an essential commodity, how can patients and doctors maintain
>>hygiene in the hospital if there is no water in the bathrooms?" Wagh asks.
>>"The hospital administration has no contingency plan, and even though they
>>claim to be buying tanker loads of water, the patients continue to suffer,"
>>he added.
>>
>>GMC dean Dr V N Jindal said he would look into the matter and sort it out at
>>the earliest.
>>
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>>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Visiting-GMC-toilets-Carry-your-own-water/articleshow/22059410.cms
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