Shackled

One bad thing about government hospitals--- there's a shortage of almost everything, including the essential stuff. It gets really frustrating when you can't do the proper management because one instrument is not available. We feel trapped... shackled... We have to improvise, and often, the results are not as good. It's pathetic that something essential as an antiseptic, be it povidone iodine, or even ordinary alcohol can run out in the emergency room. Even ordinary alcohol! In the emergency room for Christ's sake, where needs should be readily available in order to hadle emergencies, in order to save lives! It's understandable when we lack those sophisticated instruments--- PGH is a government hospital after all, and often there's the problem of lack of funds to support certain operations... but to lack essential stuff is unforgivable. Labelling our hospital as one of the premiere hospitals is the country may be one of the greatest sins of all.