SDH Villagam: A New Name, but Are Basic Healthcare Facilities Available?
The recent renaming of PHC Villagam as Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Villagam is a welcome development, but it also raises an important question: What is the value of upgrading a hospital’s designation if essential medicines and basic healthcare facilities are not readily available? Recently, at around 8:30 PM, I visited the hospital with my mother, who was feeling unwell. After examining her, the doctor on duty prescribed some routinely used injections in emergency care.
However, to my surprise, none of these injections was available through the hospital’s medicine supply, forcing me to…
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- sajid quraishi
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- Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 7:22 am IST
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