{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "A Brand-New Hospital, but Patients Still Suffer: Mandleshwar's Rs 10 Crore Building Has No Water or Power, Treatment Runs on Mobile Torchlight",
  "summary": "Built at a cost of around Rs 10 crore, the new 50-bed civil hospital in Mandleshwar of Khargone district has opened, but two weeks on patients are struggling without water, electricity and essential equipment.",
  "content": "A new hospital is supposed to bring relief, but in Mandleshwar of Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district the experience has been the opposite. A 50-bed civil hospital, built at a cost of around Rs 10 crore, is now up and running — yet a shortage of basic facilities has turned it into a place of hardship. Specialist doctors are posted here, but the equipment and resources needed for tests and treatment have not arrived. As a result, patients are being treated on medicines alone for now.\n\nWhy the Hospital Was Built\nMandleshwar earlier had a 30-bed community health centre. With the number of patients climbing steadily, that centre had become too small, and serious cases had to be sent 50 to 70 kilometres away to the Khargone district hospital. To fix this, the government upgraded the facility to a civil hospital and constructed a new building. It was inaugurated on 1 June 2026, and treatment began here just two days later.\n\nTwo Weeks On, Still in Disarray\nTwo weeks have passed since the hospital opened, yet arrangements remain far from settled. The building does not even carry a civil hospital signboard. Because of this, people arriving for treatment walk straight into the old building, and only after finding it empty and asking around do they make their way to the new one. The failure to arrange basic facilities before shifting is now being paid for by patients, doctors and staff alike.\n\nWater Crisis: Even the Coolers Are Just for Show\nWater is the most acute problem here. Only two 20-litre cans are kept for drinking, and they run dry within an hour or two. After that, patients and their families spend the rest of the day searching for water. The toilets have no water supply either, forcing people to walk all the way to the old building to fetch it. Coolers have been installed in the wards to beat the heat, but with no water they have been reduced to a mere formality.\n\nWhen the Power Goes, the Hospital Plunges into Darkness\nThe trouble does not stop at water. The moment the city loses power, the entire hospital sinks into darkness. From the general ward to the delivery ward and the operation theatre, patients are left for hours in heat and darkness. In the emergency room, doctors and staff are forced to set up IV bottles and stitch wounds by the light of a mobile phone torch. The hospital has neither an inverter nor any other emergency power arrangement. According to information, the new hospital is being run on the solar panels and generator installed at the old building — but the old system simply cannot bear the full load of the new structure, which is why power problems keep recurring.\n\nVoices of the Patients' Families\nPoonam Verma, who came from Thangaon village to admit his wife, says that because there is no water in the toilet, he has to carry water along, and there is no facility even to wash clothes or utensils. One can is kept for drinking in the morning and evening, and it empties within minutes. Another visitor, Vikas Yadav, says that for water one has to either go to the old hospital or buy it from the market.\n\nWhat the Administration Says\nResponding to these complaints, BMO Dr Atul Gaud said a signboard would be put up on the building soon. He explained that the water problem arose because the hospital's borewell had dried up, but a new connection has now been taken from the Nagar Parishad to provide a 24-hour water line, and a water cooler has also been installed for drinking water. On electricity, he admitted that the old hospital's solar system is too small for the needs of the new building, and a request for a new 10-kilowatt solar system has been sent to the government. For now, a generator line has been connected as backup so that supply continues during power cuts. He added that a request for the equipment needed for treatment has also been sent to the government.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: The story is a reminder that a new government building alone does not mean better treatment — as a patient, it pays to check the availability of water, power and essential equipment before relying on any newly opened hospital.\n• In Khargone/Mandleshwar: People in Mandleshwar and nearby villages, especially admitted patients and their families, should for now carry their own water for drinking and toilets and be prepared for darkness during power cuts, until the 24-hour water line and the new solar system are fully functional.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/madhya-pradesh/mndaleshvara-ka-naya-sivila-aspatala-10-karora-ki-imarata-para-na-pani-na-bijali-889",
  "category": "Madhya Pradesh",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-15",
  "tags": [
    "Mandleshwar Civil Hospital",
    "Khargone",
    "Madhya Pradesh Health",
    "Hospital Water Crisis",
    "Power Outage",
    "Ground Report",
    "Healthcare Facilities"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}