Ludhiana, March 5 -- The facility (sarai) meant for the attendants of women admitted to the mother and child wing of the Ludhiana Civil Hospital is being used to run an outdoor opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) centre, a dog bite section and a canteen, forcing the attendants to sleep in the corridors outside different wards of the hospital.

The sarai with a 10-bed capacity was built in 2011, according to Punjab Health Services Corporation's (PHSC) subdivision officer Gurpinder Sandhu. It has two halls, two dorms and a pantry. A senior hospital official revealed that while the building had come up in 2011, they didn't have the necessary staff to manage the sarai so over time it was used to house other departments like the OOAT center, the ...