Construction in GMC irk patients

PS BALI

Jammu August 31:

Patients admitted in Governmental Medical Hospital (GMC) Jammu these days are irked with the ongoing construction work within the hospital building. They expressed annoyance over the lethargic attitude of administration for executing tile cutting work outside recovery ward creating inconvenience for patients.

Attendants of patient’s alleged administration for taking patients casually by starting construction work within hospital.

“This is childish on the part of administration to create lot of fuss outside the recovery ward, the noise of tile cutter is so loud that it irritates normal person passes through that ward, than it is obvious that patients would definitely irked with such noisy sound,”  said Rakesh Kumar, an attendant.

On the basis of present knowledge of the physiologic effects of noise, these noise levels probably stimulate the hyperphysical- adrenocortical axis of patients, exceed the threshold for peripheral vasoconstriction, pose a threat to hearing in patients receiving aminoglycosidic antibiotics and are incompatible with sleep which would be dangerous for patient’s health.

Aggrieved patients said that this construction work creates lot of noise which affects them as they can’t take proper rest amid noisy machine work of tile reaper.

“It is good to renovate hospital building but it not putting comfort of patients on stake, they should mark the area and fit tiles prepared from outside so that their work accomplishes without making noise,” said  patient, wishing anonymity.

According to noise experts a tolerable sound threshold for sick people is considerably lower than healthy one, “noise can provoke many physiological responses, it can startle the patient, damage his hearing, stimulate epinephrine production, induce sensory disturbances, constrict peripheral and coronary. In short noise to a sick can led to death,” said expert Sandeep.

When Early Times tried to contact concerned authorities of hospital, on repetitive calling the numbers of Principal and Superintendent of GMC was switched off, whereas on official number there was no one to comment.