Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 21: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that it was lack of emergency care in Sopore hospital that was responsible for the death of three-year-old Burhan Bashir, who was gunned down by unidentified persons along with his father, a former militant in Baramulla district.
Dak President Nisar-ul-Hassan in a statement said timely surgical intervention could have saved the life of child and it was because of delay in treatment that resulted in his death.
Burhan who was shot on Friday was immediately rushed to Sopore hospital where because of lack of facilities and specialists nothing was done and patient was shifted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), he said.
Mr Hassan said Burhan lost crucial time in transit and reached SKIMS in a morbid condition where he succumbed to injuries. He said Bilal Bhat of Malangpora Pulwama who was wounded by a bullet on August 12, met a similar fate when he was referred to Srinagar because of lack of emergency care in the area and died on way.
“It is shocking to see patients in rural areas dying for want of emergency care”, he said, adding the healthcare in peripheries is nightmare and in fact sufferers say nightmare is an understatement. Rural hospitals lack Accident and Emergency units which are mandatory for hospitals and crucial for saving critically ill patients. Apart from infrastructural deficiencies lack of specialist doctors in rural hospitals deprives patients of emergency care, he said.
He said,” it is because of concentration of facilities and manpower in city hospitals and scarcity in rural hospitals that jeopardize the lives of critically ill patients in rural areas.”
Burhan’s death is an eye-opener for policy makers and has send a clear and loud message that rural areas need facilities and specialist doctors to tackle emergencies in time and save human lives”, he added.
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