MY GRAND FATHER IS EX-SERVICE MAN, MY GRAND MOTHER BEING HER DEPENDENT WAS GETTING TREATMENT FOR HER EYE FROM ONE OF THE ECHS EMPANALLED HOSPITAL. SHE WAS GIVEN REQUIRED TREATMENT FOR WHICH I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL.HAVING SAID ALL THAT, MY GRAND FATHER / MOTHER IS 82 / 77 YEARS OF AGE, THEY HAD TO COMMUTE FOR NEARLY 100 KM FROM THEIR RESIDENCE TO THEIR PARENT ECHS POLYCLINIC AND ON SOME OCCASION FROM THEIR ONWARD TO SOMEOTHER POLYCLINIC FOR THEIR PAPERWORK. ON COMPLETION OF THE PAPERWORK, THEY VISIT ECHS EMPANELLED HOSPITAL TO GET THEIR TREATMENT.COMING STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, THE ABOVE EXAMPLE IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY CASES, THERE ARE PLENTY OTHER OLD PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE NEED OF A MEDICAL ATTENTION. KEEPING IN MIND THERE AGE AND PHYSICAL CONDITION. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN BARELY WALK PROPERLY. THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN NECESSARY MEDICAL TREATMENT STRAIGHT AWAY AND THE PAPERWORK SHOULD BE CUT DOWN BY WHICH EVER MEANS NECESSARY OR IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OFF BY THE STAFF.ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS AGE GROUP, WHO ARE SICK, COMMUTING TO AND FROM THE HOSPITAL ITSELF IS GIGANTIC TASK, FORGET ABOUT THE PAPERWORK.ALL I AM ASKING IS TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES, SO THAT THE HASSLE CAUSED TO THEM IS MINIMISED TO NIL.