Skip to main content

GMC Srinagar sans anti-Haemophilia drug



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.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

JEs with AMICE degrees denied promotions

Deptt says degree not valid for Govt jobs in State 1/14/2017  Nitesh Sangral   Early Times Report    Jammu, Jan 14: Number of Junior Engineers, having AMICE degrees, working in Public Health Engineering (PHE) Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Departments of Jammu and Kashmir State are running from pillar to post to get promotions since 2010 till date and files are pending for disposal of the same. However, Commissioner, Secretary of PHE Department Sanjeev Verma said department has already examined the said degree two times but both times the degree has been rejected. A group of JEs stated that the PWD (R&B) Department of J&K state have accepted the above said qualification and included the concerned Junior Engineers in the seniority list of JE (civil) degree holders and also have promoted vide Govt. order No. 362 PW(R&B) of 2014 Dated 14-08-2014 various junior engineers to the post of Assistant Engineers but PHE, I&FC Department...
Post a Comment
Read more

Doctors' "negligence" claims 2 lives

Sent to Isolation Ward of suspected swine flu patients, they died for want of treatment 2/28/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report             Jammu, Feb 28: Due to alleged negligence on the part of health department, two patients died in the isolation wards meant for suspected swine flu cases at makeshift hospital in Col Chopra Nursing Home. One more case of GMCH doctors' alleged negligence came to the fore when the report of Dr Bhupinder Singh, a pediatrician tested negative for H1N1. He had died of respiratory problems last Thursday. The doctors had not bothered to examine him for some other disease. Similarly, a few days ago, a patient namely Raj Kumar died in the isolated ward of GMCH. He too was not affected with swine flu as per his medical report. He too failed to get the requisite treatment in the hospital. Reliable sources in GMCH said as per the medical examination report of Dr Bhupinder Singh, he was not infected with H1N1. Thi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Winner of International medal loses to tumor and official apathy

Sports bodies abandons champion athlete Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: At a time when the Union, as well as state governments, are pumping huge funds into sports for the constructive channelization of the energy of the youth of the state, it a pity that a champion athlete is fighting a lone battle against a chronic physical ailment and the J&K state sports Council and J&K Olympic association who have lakhs of rupees for the welfare of sports persons have abandoned him. A champion Wushu player, Arun Singh Charak, who has an international bronze medal to his credit is depending upon some philanthropists, family and friends to meet the expenses of his treatment against a brain tumor. Some year ago when greetings were showered from all concerned sports authorities when Arun Singh Charak was in media limelight and was on winning spree and bagged many awards and medals as Wushu player of state at national and international level. Besides Gold, Si...
Post a Comment
Read more