Critical care in rural hospitals in the Indian state of West Bengal (WB)

Abstract

This paper tries to showcase how critical care facilities can be extended to the remote regions of the state of WB. To set the context, medical management is provided for by the state hospital with the tertiary medical colleges at the upper and of the pyramid with district hospital (DH), sub-divisional Hospital (SDH), state general hospital (SGH), in the middle tier and rural hospitals. The pre-existent set-up has not been functioning satisfactorily. Due to lack of funds and huge workload, the number of referrals from district …