After the suicide incident at Nair Hospital, the hospital is now considering recruiting extra security staff in the department and stationing security guards.
According to Asian Age, the BMC officials have said that the staff including specialist medical officers, resident medical officers, technicians, nurses, ward boys, guards, and private security personnel must be present when patients are in the ward. At present, the Nair hospital has 82 security guards of the BMC, and it will be hiring 92 guards from the Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSCC). These guards are working on a contract basis and have been deployed through a private organisation.
BMC’s chief security officer Vinod Badkar told the Asian Age, “Seeing the current and past incidents, it seems necessary that something is done for the safety of women, children, and patients. So, as soon as we were informed about the security lapse at the hospital, we ensured that more security personnel were deployed. We have stationed around 174 security personnel in the hospital, including women.”
The Dean of Nair Hospital, Dr Ramesh Bharmal, told the leading daily that the security personnel work in three shifts and look after various sections of the hospital. Some guards patrol the premises and female security guards have been posted in the labour ward.
