Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 12: Expressing grave concern over alarming spike in COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir particularly in the past few days, National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today urged the administration to take proactive steps and detail senior officers as empowered exclusive authorities to monitor, superintend and coordinate the functioning and management of healthcare infrastructure and facilities therein to ensure best possible treatment to COVOD-19 patients.
“While frontline workers are doing exemplary job in fighting the virus at the peril of their own and families’ lives, there are certain gaps which need to be bridged”, Rana said.
He said the shortage of oxygen and dysfunctional ventilators in the hospitals, creating bottlenecks in the treatment, are a matter of grave concern. He also referred to complaints of unhygienic conditions prevailing in the quarantine centres and urged the government to take immediate corrective steps.
The Provincial President said that shortage of supplies at this critical juncture is unacceptable and the health administration should wake up to the medical exigency and work out action plans keeping in view the requirements on day to day and even hour to hour basis. For this empowered authorities are also needed at divisional and district levels, which should be charged exclusively with the responsibility of coordinating every nitty gritty of the COVID-19 management.
He said the obtaining situation calls for emergent and extraordinary measures in terms of strengthening diagnostic facilities, pharmaceutical supplies and manpower to address the trend. Of course, much is needed to be done by the people by observing preventive protocols like maintaining social distance and wearing masks to meet the challenge, he added.
Rana said the private hospitals and nursing homes should also be roped in to supplement the efforts in containing the infection. In fact, these health care facilities should volunteer services for the service of mankind, he said, adding that if it is not now when they shall shoulder their social and corporate responsibility.
The Provincial President expressed solidarity with those who have lost their dear ones due to the pandemic and urged the people to cooperate with the administration at all the levels in successful implementation of guidelines and Standing Operating Procedures devised by various agencies.
He complimented all those doctors, para-medics, lab technicians, sanitary workers, police and line departments for putting in their best at this crucial juncture to meet the unexpected medical exigency. Their efforts in defeating the virus will not go waste given their sense of commitment and dedication, the Provincial President observed.
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