: In summers, hospitals in Uttarakhand struggle to provide healthcare because of lack of water #IndiaNEWS Every day, the district hospital in Champawat needs at least 67,500 litres of water to function.

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In summers, hospitals in Uttarakhand struggle to provide healthcare because of lack of water #IndiaNEWS
Every day, the district hospital in Champawat needs at least 67,500 litres of water to function. But as water becomes increasingly scarce across the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, the hospital in the Kumaon Himalayas is routinely left without the quantity of water it needs to safely provide healthcare for the local community.“In peak summers, our villagers are refused admission as there is no water at the hospitals,� said Bhuwan Singh, the head of Ruiyan, a small Himalayan village in Champawat district. He said that during the peak summer months, three or four people out of Ruiyan’s population of 330 adults are refused entry to hospital. There have been times, he said, when women from the village have given birth on their way home, after a lack of water meant the hospital was unable to admit them.“Every year [during the summer], it gets really difficult to receive treatment at any of the nearby government health centres or even the district hospital,� he said.Every major surgery at the hospital, including delivering a baby, requires at least 200 litres-300 litres of water. Most of the year, the hospital has a continuous supply. But during the summer, the pipes run dry and it becomes dangerous to carry...Read more

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