The state-of-the-art building of PGI’s Advanced Trauma Centre (ATC) is full of flaws, making it difficult for the hospital authorities to run it. And this has been admitted by none other than the PGI authorities themselves, who have been trying to drive home the point to Central Public Works Departments (CPWD), the agency that constructed the more than Rs 30 crore building, through repeated written reminders but to no avail.
“Every time we bring up the matter of shoddy work done in ATC with the CPWD officials, we are given verbal assurance that the work will be done but so far nothing has happened. The building doesn’t look new at all,” one of the members of the Construction Committee told Newsline.
Due to several pending flaws, CPWD has only partially handed over the building to the PGI authorities who have eagerly been awaiting the completion of the Centre so that they can ease the burden of the overcrowded Emergency Wing, which caters to hundreds of trauma cases every day. As of now, there are about 70 patients in the ward of the ATC, including the ICU which is functional.
Sample this: At Level I of the building , the false ceiling is uneven in the waiting hall, the tiles on the floor are broken at different places, the false ceiling in the toilets is not fixed properly. The stairs leading to the upper floors are broken at many places and the granite needs to be replaced.
At Level II, there are unused holes in the rooms which are not closed, the false ceiling of the reception area is uneven, in many door and windows the gaps between glass and windows have not been filled.
At Level III, the flooring of the store is lower than that of the Operation Theatre (OT), which will lead to water collection in the store as there is no drainage there, the edges of flooring in the OT are not sealed, there is no exhaust in any autoclaving area including the main autoclave area septic Operation Theatre and minor OT’s.
At Levels III and IV the taps, toilets and drainage points are at different sites and the false ceiling is uneven at different places. Lastly, the road outside the ATC going towards Nehru Hospital is uneven and the tiles over it need to be re-laid.
All these details, listed out by the PGI Engineering Department and forwarded by the Construction Committee, are a part of the multiple letters sent to the concerned officers of the CPWD, who have executed the construction work. Despite several letters, the CPWD has done little to take any corrective steps.
“Every time we bring up the matter of shoddy work done in ATC with the CPWD officials, we are given verbal assurance that the work will be done but so far nothing has happened. The building doesn’t look new at all,” one of the members of the Construction Committee told Newsline.
Due to several pending flaws, CPWD has only partially handed over the building to the PGI authorities who have eagerly been awaiting the completion of the Centre so that they can ease the burden of the overcrowded Emergency Wing, which caters to hundreds of trauma cases every day. As of now, there are about 70 patients in the ward of the ATC, including the ICU which is functional.
Sample this: At Level I of the building , the false ceiling is uneven in the waiting hall, the tiles on the floor are broken at different places, the false ceiling in the toilets is not fixed properly. The stairs leading to the upper floors are broken at many places and the granite needs to be replaced.
At Level II, there are unused holes in the rooms which are not closed, the false ceiling of the reception area is uneven, in many door and windows the gaps between glass and windows have not been filled.
At Level III, the flooring of the store is lower than that of the Operation Theatre (OT), which will lead to water collection in the store as there is no drainage there, the edges of flooring in the OT are not sealed, there is no exhaust in any autoclaving area including the main autoclave area septic Operation Theatre and minor OT’s.
All these details, listed out by the PGI Engineering Department and forwarded by the Construction Committee, are a part of the multiple letters sent to the concerned officers of the CPWD, who have executed the construction work. Despite several letters, the CPWD has done little to take any corrective steps.
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