Hundreds of patients left to fend for themselves
12/16/2015
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: The claims of the Health and Medical
Education Department may be tallest about medicare facilities available in the
government hospitals but sadly hundreds of patients, who are suffering from
Haemophilia have been left to die due to non-availability of the anti
Haemophilia factors in Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital Srinagar
for last more than two months.
Similarly, in Jammu Province most of time, the patients
deprived from the anti Haemophilia factors as shortage of stock due to
non-seriousness of department of concern towards those patients, who are
already victim of nature (suffering from life-long disease).
However, Medical Superintendent of Shri Maharaja Ghulab
Singh (SMGS) Hospital Jammu, Dr Dara Singh admitted and said, "At present
anti Haemophilia factors are available in the hospital but we also sent a
proposal to higher authorities for the funds likely to be released so the
factors are purchased before its finishing."
Pertinently, irked by the callous attitude of the Health
Department towards the haemophilia patients; 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, the Health department has disobeyed the Court
ruling also.
Sources informed Early Times that previous government
as well as present government are non-serious and have turned blind eyes toward
imperative need of the factors for those patients who are already struggling
for survival as suffering from life-long disease (Haemohillia).
"Owing to lackadaisical approached of the
department, the patients have left on mercy of the god with the department is
not moving an inch to mitigate their suffering.
Sources claimed that there are 350 registered patients
suffering from Haemophilia, whereas there are only two treatment centres in the
entire state as a result the patients belong to for-flung areas are constrained
to cover long journey for getting the factor infusion which speaks of unhealthy
state of affairs of the health department.
"All the patients are being neglected by the
Health department and state government and patients go back disappointed from
the GMC hospital Srinagar as lack of required factor, can complicate their
disease anytime," a member of Haemophilia society alleged, adding the risk
of disability among those patients becomes much higher.
When contacted Medical Superintended of GMC Hospital
Srinagar Dr Nazir Choudhary admitted that the factors are not available in the
hospital for last more than two months and said the issue has been taken up
with higher authority but nothing has been done in this regard.
On being ask, how much it will take to available factor
in the hospital, he replied don't know as it's depend on health department.
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