Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 10 July 2025
During his current go to to Mayabunder for the District Planning Committee (DPC) assembly of North & Middle Andaman, Shri Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, carried out a shock inspection of Dr. R.P. District Hospital. His go to uncovered alarming lapses in healthcare companies and infrastructure, prompting the MP to boost a pink flag over what he described as “gross administrative negligence.”
The MP expressed deep concern over the deteriorating situation of the area’s solely district hospital, which caters to an unlimited inhabitants throughout North & Middle Andaman. His evaluation revealed crucial shortages in specialist medical doctors, important employees, and the underutilization of key infrastructure.
Major Concerns Raised by the MP:
• No Full-Time Medical Superintendent: The submit has been vacant for a chronic interval. A senior physician from PHC Billiground at the moment holds extra cost, however logistical constraints make it troublesome to handle each tasks successfully.
• Shortage of Specialist Doctors: The hospital lacks a surgeon, doctor, orthopedist, and ENT specialist. Only just a few specialists — together with a gynaecologist, paediatrician, anaesthesiologist, and dentist — can be found, supported by 4 contractual MBBS medical doctors. This results in frequent affected person referrals to non-public services in Sri Vijaya Puram or the mainland.
• Non-Functional Infrastructure: A newly constructed medical ward, handed over in January 2025, stays unused, with over 30 beds mendacity idle. Dialysis and sterilisation gear are reportedly rusting as a result of lack of employees.
• Unsafe Operation Theatre: Structural points, together with water leakage, falling mud from the ceiling, and cracked beams, have rendered the operation theatre unsafe. No repairs have been carried out to this point.
• Lack of Oversight: The hospital reportedly suffers from an absence of standard inspections by senior officers and has no grievance redressal mechanism for sufferers or employees.
Terming the state of affairs “deeply troubling,” Mr. Ray criticized the Directorate of Health Services and the District Administration for his or her failure to make sure primary healthcare requirements. He has urged the Hon’ble Lt. Governor and the Chief Secretary to take swift motion.
Demands Put Forth by the MP:
• Immediate appointment of a full-time Medical Superintendent
• Deployment of the required specialist medical doctors
• Operationalisation of the brand new medical ward immediately
• Urgent repairs to make the operation theatre protected and purposeful
• Filling of 39 long-pending employees vacancies on an everyday or contractual foundation
• Disciplinary motion towards accountable officers
• Formation of a high-level workforce to examine all healthcare services in North & Middle Andaman
The MP has additionally written to the Hon’ble Union Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah and Union Health Minister Mr. J.P. Nadda, in search of their intervention to resolve what he described as a critical healthcare disaster.
Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray reiterated that the folks of North & Middle Andaman — and certainly the whole UT — deserve entry to high quality healthcare at par with the remainder of the nation.
