I went to the government hospital many times when our relatives got admitted. It was a different experience altogether. To enter the hospital the security guard needs to be bribed with some money. Everyone knows that. Otherwise, he will shoo away the attendants and visitors angrily. When a new patient is brought for admission under emergency there will not be any nurses or attendees to bring in the patient from the ambulance outside. There will be few stretchers in the emergency ward. By depositing the mobile phone with the head nurse only then one can take the stretcher out. After transferring the patient on to the bed, the emergency doctor and the nurses will attend the patient. Except at the Incentive Care Units, all other places are very dirty. The common toilets are like hell.
I once went to a famous government children’s hospital. Saw that mother’s with their days to month’s old children were lying on the floor, as the beds are less and patients are more.
The only good thing about the government hospital is that unnecessary treatment is not done and the patient is asked to leave immediately after treatment. That is in contrast with the private hospitals. There are many young doctors working in the Government hospital - the patients are plenty with a diversity of ailments - a good opportunity to practice and learn quickly. Many senior doctors from the government hospitals have their private practice too and earn considerably.
A government school teacher does not admit, own children in the same school. They understand their own school standard. The integrity of a well-paid government teacher is less.
People want a Government job, but don’t use government services like a school and a hospital. It means the whole integrity of people in government services is less. If permanent government staff were given the job of cooking midday meals, children would not have eaten any food in the schools.
If people in the government dealing with the essential services are not in integrity there is no meaning to the existing governments.
