<p>To begin with, the hospital will have an outpatient unit. The doctors of Sparsha Hospital will attend on the patients twice a week. A team of specialists will visit the Jalappa hospital once 15 days. Except the specialists from Sparsha, the rest of the unit will be staff of Jalappa hospital, Dr Sharan Patil of Sparsha Hospital told press persons.<br />Dr Patil said the number of accidents has gone up in the State and majority of the victims succumb on the way to hospital. <br /><br />Training<br />“Well-equipped hospitals at the local level can prevent such casualties. An accident care unit is being opened at the Jalappa hospital as a first step in this direction,” Dr Patil said. <br />He added that it has also been planned to train the staff of the Jalappa hospital in active trauma and life support procedures.<br /><br />Dr Patil said Sparsha has been offering free treatment to the needy section of society. Knee replacement surgery will be conducted on 100 retired teachers as part of “Guru Namana” on September 5, the Teachers’ Day.<br /><br />Rising casualties<br />Speaking on the occasion, Jalappa said the hospital, set up with the objective of serving poor people has continued its service in the face of financial loss. The number of casualties in the hospital has been rising as few bring patients in the last stage. <br />There also have been instances of the patients’ relatives going on rampage, refusing to pay treatment charges alleging failure on the part of hospital’s doctors rather than those who treated such patients earlier.<br /><br /> “The patients and their relatives should realise the higher objectives of the hospital,” he noted. Medical Superintendent Dr Lakshmaiah referred to such incident that occurred on Monday too.<br /><br />Devaraj Urs Medical University Vice-Chancellor Dr Chandrashekhara Shetty, registrar A V M Kutty, secretary G H Nagaraju, Head of Department, Accident Trauma Care Department Dr K Borappa were present. Dr Sharan Patil and R L Jalappa inked the memorandum of understanding on the occasion.</p>
<p>To begin with, the hospital will have an outpatient unit. The doctors of Sparsha Hospital will attend on the patients twice a week. A team of specialists will visit the Jalappa hospital once 15 days. Except the specialists from Sparsha, the rest of the unit will be staff of Jalappa hospital, Dr Sharan Patil of Sparsha Hospital told press persons.<br />Dr Patil said the number of accidents has gone up in the State and majority of the victims succumb on the way to hospital. <br /><br />Training<br />“Well-equipped hospitals at the local level can prevent such casualties. An accident care unit is being opened at the Jalappa hospital as a first step in this direction,” Dr Patil said. <br />He added that it has also been planned to train the staff of the Jalappa hospital in active trauma and life support procedures.<br /><br />Dr Patil said Sparsha has been offering free treatment to the needy section of society. Knee replacement surgery will be conducted on 100 retired teachers as part of “Guru Namana” on September 5, the Teachers’ Day.<br /><br />Rising casualties<br />Speaking on the occasion, Jalappa said the hospital, set up with the objective of serving poor people has continued its service in the face of financial loss. The number of casualties in the hospital has been rising as few bring patients in the last stage. <br />There also have been instances of the patients’ relatives going on rampage, refusing to pay treatment charges alleging failure on the part of hospital’s doctors rather than those who treated such patients earlier.<br /><br /> “The patients and their relatives should realise the higher objectives of the hospital,” he noted. Medical Superintendent Dr Lakshmaiah referred to such incident that occurred on Monday too.<br /><br />Devaraj Urs Medical University Vice-Chancellor Dr Chandrashekhara Shetty, registrar A V M Kutty, secretary G H Nagaraju, Head of Department, Accident Trauma Care Department Dr K Borappa were present. Dr Sharan Patil and R L Jalappa inked the memorandum of understanding on the occasion.</p>
