Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 16: The routine healthcare services in the Bone and Joint Hospital, Srinagar and Maternity Hospital Sanatnagar have resumed, while the SKIMS, Bemina would also be made partially functional in a day or two.
The Minister for Health and Medical Education, Taj Mohi-ud-Din, during the inspection of the hospitals in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag and Baramulla districts said that the Bone and Joints Hospital is already functional, while the healthcare services in SKIMS, Bemina would be partially resumed in a day or two.
“The services in SKIMS, Bemina will be started partially as for now as the area is still waterlogged”, the Minister was told during the inspection. He was also told that the Maternity Hospital in Sanatnagar was also functional and catering to huge number of patients.
The Minister asked the medical fraternity to work with full dedication and contribute their best at this time of crisis arisen due to the devastating calamity. He asked the doctors to take due care of the patients and advise general people about the precautions to prevent infections and spread of water borne diseases- the risk of which has increased with the decrease in the flood water level.
He said that 40 lakh chlorine tablets have been made available in Srinagar, which would greatly help in providing safe drinking water to the people and prevent the spread of water borne diseases.
During the inspection of District Hospitals in Anantnag, Pulwama and Baramulla, the Minister took stock of the medicine stocks and functioning of different sections. The Minister was told that the medicine stocks were satisfactory at all hospitals and there were no immediate shortage.
The Minister also met with the patients and inquired about the healthcare facilities being provided at the each hospital.
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