Pathankot: What’s happening inside Civil Hospital Pathankot is nothing short of criminal negligence. In the very place meant to protect lives, hospital staff are openly mixing TB samples in the blood testing lab, putting patients, children, and attendants in direct danger of infection.
The so-called “model hospital” of the Punjab government has turned into a breeding ground for disease, where safety protocols are being openly violated and public health is being gambled with.
During a surprise inspection, a woman was seen mixing TB samples at the lab’s entrance, in full public view. A young man without gloves or a mask then started filling the samples from the same container.
All this happened as children and adults walked past casually, unaware that they were standing next to a potential infection bomb.
This is not negligence — it’s sheer recklessness.
The hospital’s management and health department officials have either turned a blind eye or completely lost control of what’s happening inside.
“Mixing TB Samples in Public Is the Norm Here!”
Shockingly, Dr. Shweta, the TB in-charge, admitted that TB patients are told to go to the open hospital annex to mix their samples — the same place where mothers bring their infants for vaccination.
If a TB-positive patient coughs or the sample spills, everyone nearby — including children — is at risk of infection. With over 70 TB-positive cases detected every month, this carelessness is nothing short of a public health time bomb.
⚕️ Experts Slam the Mismanagement
Medical experts have strongly condemned the hospital’s practices. According to them, TB sampling must be done in an isolated and disinfected area, not in public view. Mixing infectious samples in open spaces is a gross violation of infection control norms and could easily cause a TB outbreak.
️ Civil Surgeon “Unaware” — But Patients Pay the Price
When contacted, Civil Surgeon Dr. Sunita Sharma claimed she was unaware that TB testing was being done in such conditions. She promised “immediate action,” saying such negligence “will not be tolerated.”
But the real question is — how could she not know?
How can such a life-threatening practice go on inside a government hospital without higher-ups noticing?
Reality Check
This incident exposes the rot inside Punjab’s healthcare system — where rules exist only on paper and human lives are treated with shocking indifference. Civil Hospital Pathankot has now become an example of how carelessness and corruption can turn a healing centre into a health hazard.
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