Doctors unequipped to handle
increasing number of patients.
Waiting time increases two – folds
for patients.
Doctors at
SMS hospital are unable to handle the growing number of patients every day. On
and average one doctor has around 150 patients lined up daily. This is also
decreasing per patient time with the doctor.
The outdoor
facility has seen large growth in the number of patients in last 5 years. However,
the doctor to patient ratio is not in equilibrium. According to statistics five
years back where there were around 60 patients per doctor, now the number has
increased to 155 per doctor. There are 16 clinical departments at the hospital
with an average of four doctors in respective OPD’s. Doctor patient time has
also decreased in last 5 years. Where earlier, it was approximately 5 minutes
per patient and now it has decreased to a minute per patient.
More than 200 patients per doctor in
medicine, skin, and cardiology departments-
According to
Dr. Ajit Singh, Additional medical superintendent SMS, “Around 65 doctors are
present in one department in OPD. On an average of 10,000 patients, around 625
are present in each department. Although in some departments like cardiology,
Medicine, and skin this number increases to more than 1000.This, directly
impacts doctor patient time and in such departments, the average number of
patients visiting one doctor increases to 200.
Average has increased along with the numbers-
According to
Dr. U.S Agarwal Lecturer SMS Medical College and Skin Specialist, “The
increasing number of patients has put pressure on doctors but still we are
maintaining our qualitative standards. Dr Shashi Mohan Sharma, Additional
Lecturer SMS Medical College comments, “Many times the number of patients in
OPD reaches 200.”
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