Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital says it has managed the solve the issue for patients queuing up for services at the hospital and has lowered the number of patients queuing up for services.
This comes after many criticized the state-run hospital for its long waiting lists and forcing patients to bear queues to acquire services.
Earlier this month, more than 10,000 people were on the waiting lists, awaiting services from the hospital and this put the hospital in the hot seat.
But the hospital now claims that it has managed to solve the issue.
Speaking to "The Press" in an interview, Deputy CEO of IGMH Ahmed Siraj said the queue grew longer because as the country recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people went to the hospital seeking its services while most doctors went on leave.
He said that this resulted in many patients overrunning the available appointments for consultations.
Siraj noted that the hospital's doctors have worked around the clock during the pandemic and that the hospital was forced to send many doctors to the islands while many were posted to Hulhumale'. He added that by the time the pandemic was under control, most doctors had been exhausted.
The deputy CEO highlighted that the doctors at the hospital had worked without leave for over one and a half years as it had been difficult to find replacements during the pandemic and that once the situation eased the hospital had started granting leave to the doctors.
Coincidently, this clashed with the huge number of people coming to Male' for medical purposes and that these people had been forced to put off their medical travels due to the pandemic.
However, Siraj said this situation has now resolved itself and the number of people waiting to acquire services has now been lowered as a result.
