Patients protest at ESIS Hospital, Mulund

Around 300 patients staged a protest at ESIS Hospital, Mulund following the shortage of essential medicines at the medical chemist store within the hospital premises. Following the protest, which began at 9.30 am, the outpatient department stopped functioning, leading to disruption in medical services in the hospital.
According to sources, the protest began after one of the patients who needed anti-bacterial medicines did not get them from the hospital and started talking about the persistent m
edicine shortage to other patients who reportedly claimed to be facing similar difficulty.
The patients then decided to question the authorities regarding the matter, which gained momentum after more patients joined in and turned into a protest
The outpatient department was reopened at noon after the doctors and nurses from the hospital promised the patients that the medicines would be made available soon.
The doctors from hospital, requesting anonymity, said that for many years hospital authorities have failed to provide these medicines. “Drugs like adrenaline (for cardiac arrest), Vitamin K, dopamine (treats shock and low blood pressure caused by heart attack, trauma, infections or surgery) and lasix are in huge short supply. All these drugs are life-saving,” said the doctor.
A patient said, “I am a heart patient and have been in requirement of clopidogel for a long time, but I am forced to buy medicines from private stores at inflated prices.”