The country's first transgender ward was inaugurated on Friday at the state-run Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) Hospital located near Crawford Market. Besides, the hospital has also started the facilities of sero survey, mental health screening and a drug treatment centre for the community.
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐
The hospital specified that the new ward is for general treatment and if a trans is brought in a critical condition, the patient will be shifted to the ICU for necessary treatment. In case, if a patient is suffering from an infectious disease like tuberculosis, the individual will be admitted to ward no. 7 to avoid infection spreading to other patients in the special ward.
JJ Hospital Dean Dr Pallavi Saple said they have experienced that transgenders are usually uncomfortable in getting admitted to male wards and there is resistance from female patients if they are hospitalised in a women's unit. Following this, a decision was made to have a separate ward for them.
๐ฆ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ
โSuggestions of representatives of the transgender community were taken while designing the ward. We have taken utmost care to prepare the ward and our staff to make them comfortable and feel accepted by us. We have conducted training sessions for our employees to sensitise them about the special problems faced by the community and how to deal with them empathetically,โ she said.
Moreover, to serve the transgender population better, there is an advisory team which has vast experience about the problems faced by the community, she added. The ward consists of 30 beds, gender-neutral toilets, and examination and dressing rooms.
