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Thanks to GMC&H, World Hepatitis Day passes unobserved



Nitesh Sangral   

Jammu: The administration of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu have funds and time to organizes functions in the hospital for themselves but interestingly no initiative was taken to observe World Hepatitis Day in Jammu province to make people aware about a serious public health hazard.
Latest assessment by World Health Organization (WHO) shows that in India, 52 million people are chronically infected with Hepatitis, 40 million people are infected with Hepatitis B and 6 to 12 million people are chronically infected with Hepatitis C. Besides, Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most important cause of epidemic Hepatitis, whereas Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is more common among children. Most acute liver failures diagnosed are attributable to HEV.
According to senior doctors, most people infected with the Hepatitis virus are unaware and do not know they are infected and therefore, succumb to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. He further stated that the Hepatitis B and C infections are transmitted through contaminated blood and needles, unsafe sex and from an infected mother to her newborn child, doctors said. National Aids Control Guidelines require donated blood to be screened for the disease. There is a possibility that most of the blood donors were not aware of the infection.
 A group of doctors in GMC&H slammed higher ups for not making any efforts to observe the World Hepatitis Day in the hospital and aware people especially those who are admitted in various wards of the hospitals as well as their attendants about the a serious public health problem.    
Health department even does not prepare data about the patients, causes, trend of the virus causing this deadly disease. However the situation is not so grave in Jammu as compared to valley where in last year hundreds of cases of Hepatitis came into light. In south Kashmir's, Kokernag area 700 cases were detected last year.

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