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Health Minister's claims fall flat, hemophilia patients crying for medicines

Two patients died as non-availability of anti-hemophilia factors
7/29/2015 12:31:17 AM
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
jammu, July 28: Two patients have died in the Jammu and Kashmir allegedly due to non-availability of anti-hemophilia factor in the hospitals of the state in last eight months, puncturing the tall claims of the Health Minister. Moreover, the patients are still yearning for factor.
Heartless attitude of the Health Department, is deliberately forcing hundreds of patients, who are suffering with this life-long genetic bleeding disorder Hemophilic, to die in Jammu as well as Kashmir as factors have not been made available to the needy patient especially those who couldn't buy the expensive factors.
Pertinently, irked by the lackadaisical approached of the Health Department, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had also pulled up and directed it to keep the factor available for 24 hours in the hospital. But unfortunately, in complete disregard of directions of the Court, as failed to avail anti-hemophilia factor available in the hospitals.
Reliable Sources in the Health Department told Early Times that said that there are 350 registered patients suffering from Haemophilia, an uncommon genetic bleeding disorder that disrupts the blood clotting process in the State, whereas there are only two treatment centres in the entire state as a result, patients need to travel a lot for factor infusion.
"Due to non-availability of drug in the hospitals of the state, two patients have died, "they alleged adding that the condition of others patients was worsening day by day and as a result, they may slip into comma. The patient can even die painful death if the drug is not made available immediately.
A member of Haemophilia society of Jammu and Kashmir alleged that two patients died due to non-availability of factor in the hospitals. Last year, a patient namely Ram Lal resident of Pallanwala Jammu, visited GMC Jammu and doctor deliberately sent him back to home and after a day, he died.
"Similarly, 14 years old patient was admitted in GMC hospital Soura, Srinagar and interestingly there was no factor available in the hospital. As he slipped into Coma, the parents brought him to SKIMS. Even his father also sold their land to buy highly costly medicine, which is only available in Union Capital, to save his son but it was too late, when medicine reached, the boy had died, "with tears in her eyes he said.
"In both cases, the patients died, while yearning for medicine, if the factors were available in the hospitals, the lives could have been saved, " he alleged.
He further alleged that the administration of GMC hospital gave step motherly treatment to the patients. "Owing to lackadaisical approached of the department, hundreds of patients, who are suffering from Haemophilia, have been left on god mercy due to non-availability of the factor, "he also alleged.
He disclosed that many times requisitions were sent to Jammu and Kashmir Health Department to purchase the lifesaving drugs for the treatment of these patients but they have not received anything except assurances.
When contacted Principal of GMC hospital Dr Ghanshyam Dev Gupta said that the funds would be released in next week as soon as the funds are released, orders will be placed for the factors.



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