What Siddaramaiah missed:

Hapless attendants living in the open

- RISHITA KHANNA @Bengaluru

WHILE Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil paid a surprise visit to Victoria Hospital on Wednesday to inspect services, patients and families they came to check on remained neglected and out of reach. The CM walked through wards, met staff and reviewed services, but none of the patients or attendants TNIE spoke to, were approached.

Surrounded by senior medical staff, police and security, the ministers were led through parts of the hospital, including out-patient department, delivery ward and other departments, but attendants waiting outside wards and patients at the OPD and pharmacies, said they weren't allowed anywhere close.