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A 60-year-old rickshaw puller, resident of a
slum in the Connaught Place area, Saturday inaugurated a renovated hospital
in central
Delhi in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal.
Bijay Baba inaugurated the renovated Palika
Maternity Hospital in Lodhi Colony after Kejriwal called him Friday night and
asked him to do the honours.
"This is a matter of great respect and dignity
that a rickshaw puller has been chosen to inaugurate a hospital," Bijay Baba
said after inaugurating the hospital.
"I have always seen MLAs and MPs coming with
their bodyguards to inaugurate hospitals and malls, but only in the AAP
government can people like us hope to get such respect," Baba told IANS.
"AAP just wants to make common people feel that
their role is important for society," a Delhi government official told IANS.
Kejriwal, on this occasion, said that to achieve
the objective of round-the-clock maternity and child welfare services, the
strength of the beds at the hospital had been increased from 30 to 65 and
upgraded facilities were made available.
A new out-patient department block and an indoor
treatment block have been opened with neonatal ICU (Intensive Care Unit),
modular operation theatre and labour room. Round-the-clock obstetric emergency
facilities for the convenience of patients and prompt treatment have also been
provided.
The renovated maternity hospital will also offer
laboratory services and immunisation and distribute drugs free of cost.
( Courtesy:
Business standard )
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