Skip to main content

One year later, Swine Flu (H1N1) testing lab caught in tendering mess



 1/6/2016
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report  


JAMMU, Jan 5: A years after outbreak of deadly swine flu in Jammu and Kashmir, government has failed to procure a laboratory for testing Swine Flu (H1N1) due to tendering intricacies.
It seems the Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department has learnt no lesson from deaths of those whose test reports were received from outstation labs after their deaths.
Last year, two patients lost their lives as their test reports which were sent to labs outside the state arrived late; but minister concerned who make tall claims seems to have learnt no lessons as even after the lapse of a year, the crucial diagnostic facilities have not been established.
Sources in State H&ME Department informed Early Times, that after swine flu outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir last years, the Governor as well as High Courts also asked the Department to take necessary steps to establish the Swine Flu (H1N1) testing laboratory at Government Medical College, Jammu as well as an amount of rupees 6.30 Cr has been released in this regard.
"The concerned authority floated tenders for the lab thrice, but due to less participation in the process it was referred to Jammu Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC).
Sources alleged that the testing lab for Swine Flu (H1N1) in GMC Hospital Jammu has been caught in tender process despite the fact that Swine Flu has already been declared as dreaded droplet infection. "The winter has started and risk of infection has increased but owing to non-serious attitude of the State Health and Medical Department towards the people of the State, the risk has heightened again" they said.
Secures stated that, if the disease spreads like last years, the people have to go outside from Jammu for tests in the absence of a testing laboratory here.
Managing Director of JKMSC Dr Yashpal Sharma when contacted said, the tender for establishing the testing lab has been floated by the JKMSC and it will take three months times to establish the same in GMC Hospital Jammu.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GMC Jammu gets 15 more PG seats, Srinagar bags 29

Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 6: The State Health Ministry' claims regarding increase in PG seats in broad specialties have fallen flat as Medical Council of India has granted only 13 more PG seats to the Government Medical College Jammu, while GMC Srinagar has got 30, thanks for not conducting Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of faculty members. It is penitent to mentioned, Minister for Health Bali Bhagat assured Upper House that the Principal Secretary H&ME Department handed over the proposal for increase of 133 PG seats in GMC, Srinagar and 107 PG seats in GMC, Jammu, as one time increase in Medical Colleges of State for the year 2018-19. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, through its communication dated March 6, 2018, has conveyed its approval for admitting 15 students in GMC Jammu and 29 for Srinagar for 2018-19. As per notification, in GMC Jammu the total number of existing seats for MD Anaesthesiology was 5 while the seats available ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Kishtwar MMS scam, again raises issue, how secure is our girls

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, June 27: In yet another case of how our society is heading towards moral ruin, a recent case of sexual exploitation of B.ed girl has again exposed the vulnerability of our sisters and daughters. Though the accused have been arrested by the police while he was fleeing towards Kashmir, but it raises lot of question about the moral degradation of our society, which has long tradition of ‘Guru-Shiysha’ concept. Sources said that it could be a tip of the ice berg as there are number of people who are exploiting the innocent girls. However the concern is how to stop this menace which is like a curse on our society. A college student said that at times girls face mental harassment in shape of comments, sudden touch or lewd gestures from the teachers, but it is mostly ignored. Few days back, a teacher of a private college was arrested for allegedly making an obscene MMS of a student in mountainous Kishtwar district. 'The teacher identified as Tariq Qayoo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Chopra murder case Ex-MLC Tarlochan Singh Wazir arrested by police

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, June 9: In a major step to solve the brutal murder mystery of Chopra family, Special Investigation Team (SIT) today arrested Ex-MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir following the statement of Surinder Singh alias Kala, a transporter before the Judicial Magistrate. Singh has been arrested by the police under section 164-A of CrPC and has been placed under arrest. In his statement, Kala disclosed that in the month of August 2006 Ex-MLC Wazir asked him to meet him at his residence at Gandhi Nagar. Surinder Singh disclosed that on next date he went to the house of Tirlochan Singh Wazir at that time four other persons identified as Ajab Singh brother of Tirlochan Singh, Choudhary Nagar Singh, Sanjay Sharma and Raju Simblia were also present there. Kala said that these people were discussing about the loading of unloading of cement and Ajab Singh said that RB Chopra creates problems for them for loading and unloading of cements. “Upon this Trilochan Singh alias Talo as...
Post a Comment
Read more