Some patients left behind in hospital by relatives: IGMH

MALE, July 19 (HNS) -- Some of the patients admitted at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Male are not looked after well or in some cases completely neglected by their relatives, the hospital said on Thursday. The Director General of IGMH, Mohamed Ahmed said this problem has been increasing recently. "Sometimes IGMH administration assists patients, who are not taken care of by their families. Such cases are rare. Sometimes one patient has to be taken care of for a month. But still the hospital comes across such cases," he said. Food and medical care to such patients are provided by the Welfare Fund. According to Mohamed, some patients stay at the hospital for a week without getting a decent meal. IGMH is trying to contact the families of people who are left alone at the hospital. The Director General said that sometimes it was very difficult to find the families of such patients. But with the help of police, the hospital is able to find families or relatives of such patients.