The irony is that we are not able even to make the best use of a gift that would have made difference to the quality of health service in the valley. Mother Helpage World, a disaster response group, donated very special and sophisticated ICU equipment to the Bones and Joint Hospital in Srinagar last year. This equipment is mostly put to use in trauma cases and the recipient is the only Trauma Hospital in Srinagar. But this donation seems to have gone waste because there is no technical staff available with the hospital to handle the equipment properly. At the same time the number of trauma cases increases day after day. How sad that the hospital has not been able to get a couple of its staff trained in handling the equipment so that these patients would not be forced to go out of the state for medical treatment which they can hardly afford. Medical Superintendent of the Bones and Joints Hospital says that there is not space in the hospital where this equipment would be put up for use. Even if this is the reality, the Department should have moved proper quarters for providing space where this ICU equipment could be installed and put to proper use. If we had the space, then the excuse would be that there is no proper ICU equipment for the Trauma Hospital.
The number of trauma cases is increasing with the passing of each day. People in the Valley are subjected to various tensions springing from unusual conditions through which they have to pass. In the entire valley there is only one Trauma Hospital though actually its branches should have been provided in almost all District Hospitals. But what to say of District Hospitals, even the main hospital in Srinagar is faced with space deficiency and as such the expensive and latest ICU equipment received by way of donation is collecting dust.
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