Leprosy Hospital Problems In Vizianagaram District: విజయనగరం జిల్లా పొగిరిలోని లెప్రసీ ఆసుపత్రి అర్ధ శతాబ్ధానికిపైగా కుష్ఠు రోగులకు వైద్య సేవలు అందించింది.
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00:00Vijayanagaram district, Rajamandalam, Pogiri, started the Kushtu Vyadhi Nirmorana Kendra in 1962.
00:08This 11-bedroom government hospital was established with the co-operation of Denmark,
00:13and has been providing intensive care to patients with Kushtu Vyadhi.
00:16Along with treatment for those suffering from the disease,
00:18the hospital also provides medicines for permanent patients.
00:22This hospital has been in service for more than 60 years, and has now become a hospital for thousands of people.
00:28Eight of the rooms in this hospital are in a dilapidated state.
00:30The rest of the rooms have been destroyed.
00:32The patients are living in fear of falling on their heads.
00:37When it rains, all the water falls into the rooms and they face severe problems.
00:48At present, there are 20 beds in the Kushtu Vyadhi Nirmorana Kendra.
00:52Out of these, 20 patients are receiving permanent treatment.
00:56In addition to you, dozens of people come to this center for treatment.
01:00At present, with the co-operation of the Jeeyaram Foundation for Patients,
01:03they are providing food and medicines to the patients.
01:07The rest of the facilities are not sufficient.
01:09Drinking water has reached the tank.
01:11The patients are expressing their pain that there is no water supply.
01:15Kushtu Vyadhi Nirmorana Kendra
01:45We have to wear white clothes, sit on the floor, and bathe in the rain.
01:50We are not able to do that.
01:52If we sit there, we get sick.
01:54We get fever and we get swollen.
01:56We get so sick that we can't even sleep.
01:59We don't even have a bathroom.
02:01We don't have a house to live in.
02:03We don't even have a mattress.
02:05We don't even have a mattress to sleep on.
02:07We don't know where we are going to sleep.
02:09We just sleep on the floor.
02:11There are only a limited number of medical facilities available to patients in the hospital.
02:15Only 6 out of the 10 patients who are supposed to be with a doctor are available.
02:19The medical officer, 3 staff nurses, a lab technician, and an FNO are providing services.
02:25Physiotherapists, 2 sweeper posts, and an MNO post are not available.
02:36The sweepers and the water boilers have been cut.
02:40There is only one woman left.
02:43There are no more tents here.
02:46Malibabu, I thought I would take care of him.
02:49But he has been beating me up ever since.
02:52He has been beating me up.
02:53After that, the doctors are helping me.
02:56What about the government?
02:58There is nothing, sir.
02:59Whatever it is, the nurses, if something happens to me, they will bandage and beat me up.
03:04There is nothing wrong with either of them.
03:05The government is not helping us in any way.
03:08Malibabu is doing us a favour by giving us some food.
03:13But when we come here, there is no power, no electricity.
03:16Even the electricity is provided by someone else.
03:20But when it comes to food, the government is not helping us in any way.
03:23Can you please ask the government to help us in any way?
03:27We are asking them to help us as much as they can.
03:31We have been suffering for the past 2 years.
03:33Madam, please help us with the medicine.
03:36As the hospital buildings are in a state of disrepair,
03:39Dr. Krishnamohan has taken the matter to the higher authorities.
03:43This hospital is in a state of disrepair.
03:47Because it is an old building,
03:50we thought it would be good for the patients if we renovate it and provide the necessary facilities.
04:02We have submitted a memorandum to the government asking them to help us with the repairs.
04:09We have submitted it to the government last month and they have agreed to help us with the repairs.