Covid mismanagement at Hikkaduwa hospital

A friend of ours, a senior who is allergic to a certain medicine was informed that he has to visit a vaccination Centre in a hospital due to his allergic health condition.

He went to Arachchikattuwa hospital in Hikkaduwa in his area on July 31 at 9.30 am as advised on the phone inquiry. There were two queues one for normal persons and other for those who have allergic conditions. After waiting for two hours in the queue, the crowd was asked to go home as forms were over. After a big arguments and protests by the crowd they went home. Our friend waited and asked the hospital staff as to which day he could come and he was advised to come the next day at 9.30 am.

On Sunday, August 1 he went there to be turned away for the second time saying the injection programme was not scheduled. He cannot go to any hospital, but to his area hospital. Hospital authorities told him to check and come again for the vaccine on another day without giving a specific date. These unorganized systems at such centres make people furious, disgusted and stressed especially the seniors with old age ailments. The Hospital should have counted the number of forms they had and should have dispersed others without keeping them in the hot sun for two hours, if the injection was not to be given the next day they should cot have asked him to come being a senior citizen He came all the way from another village away from the hospital in public transport.

This type of mismanagement at Covid centres brings the government’s good work and efforts to disrepute making the government unpopular. The best system is to get the system reorganized considering the people’s difficulties in a more humanitarian manner. Covid task force please check these misdeeds.