IMPACT OF POLLUTION IN TEACHING HOSPITALS: AN APPRAISAL OF SELECTED TEACHING HOSPITALS IN KOLKATA

Human Development refers to creating an environment which protects the fundamental human rights by ensuring a holistic development of human beings and its surroundings. The health sector being an indispensable element for development of a nation plays a pivotal role inthis regard. Health and socio-economic conditions are interrelated and one cannot be achieved without the other. In India public health sector still occupies a significant position with respect to delivering health services. Particularly, in the state of West Bengal public hospitals (teaching and general) are the focal points of health delivery as West Bengal leads in this respect compared to other states of the country and thus maintaining a healthy environment in the public hospitals is important for both health service provider and health service recipient. With the advancement of human civilization the rapid growth of population along with industrialization has led to an expansion of urban civilization which in turn has escalated environmental pollution as a result of which the hospital environment has also faced the severe consequences of it. Nowadays various types of pollutions have disrupted healthy human life. The change in climate along with poverty has also contributed massively in creating this public health emergency. Thus, the fundamental purpose of ensuring the expansion of human capabilities and widening choices through equality, sustainability, productivity and empowerment is at stake. In this article an attempt has been made to review the impact of pollution on patients in the public teaching hospitals in Kolkata and to judge their perception in this respect. Five major teaching or medical college hospitals have been selected for the period 2015 to 2018.

人类发展指的是营造能够保障基本人权的环境，通过实现人类及其所处环境的全面发展。卫生部门作为国家发展不可或缺的组成部分，在这一领域发挥着关键作用。健康状况与社会经济条件相互关联，二者缺一不可。在印度，公共卫生部门在提供医疗服务方面仍占据重要地位。尤其在印度西孟加拉邦（West Bengal），公立医院（教学医院与综合医院）是医疗服务供给的核心载体，该邦在这方面领先于印度其他邦，因此维护公立医院的健康环境，对医疗服务提供者与接受者均至关重要。随着人类文明的进步，人口的快速增长与工业化进程推动了城市文明的扩张，进而加剧了环境污染，医院环境也因此遭受了严重影响。如今各类污染已严重扰乱了人类的健康生活，气候变化与贫困也在很大程度上加剧了这一公共卫生危机。因此，通过平等、可持续性、生产力与赋权来拓展人类能力、丰富选择空间的核心目标正面临严峻挑战。本文旨在综述加尔各答（Kolkata）公立教学医院中污染对患者的影响，并评估患者在此方面的认知。研究选取了2015至2018年间的5家主要教学医院/医学院附属医院作为研究对象。