ALAPPUZHA: The government had promised state-of-the-art medical facilities and a seven-storey hospital building with a helicopter landing pad in Kuttanad. The promises to develop Pulincunnu Taluk Hospital, the only hospital for the general public, at a cost of Rs 150 crore from KIIFB, still remain unfulfilled.

The present condition of the hospital is deplorable. When it rains, the area becomes waterlogged and muddy. The hospital is over 100 years old and is under the Veliyanad Block Panchayat.

The building for the operation theatre was constructed during the tenure of VS government with funds received from the NRHM. But when the building was found to be weak, it stopped functioning. The hospital was completely submerged in the 2018 floods. In addition, the floods that occur every year also affect the operation of the hospital.

Patients will suffer

The OP starts at 8 in the morning but even at 10 the doctors are not present in their seats

Sick children to the elderly stand in queues for hours

The multi-crore project for the development of the hospital was conceived years ago but there is no plan even now.