Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 3: The vice-president of BJP Kashmir Displaced District, Chetan Wanchoo called on the Administrative Secretary of Health and Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar and submitted a memorandum to him, demanding revitalization of Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Jagti and the Government Dispensary in Nagrota TRT.
The BJP leader demanded that the Government should immediately take steps to address the problem of manpower shortage and non-availability of medicines in the hospital, besides upgrading the SDH Jagti to an accident hospital due to its strategic location near the National Highway.
Wanchoo said the post of Paediatrician has been lying vacant in the hospital, which caters thousands of families living in over 4,200 flats in Jagti township and other nearby hamlets.
“The absence of a child specialist within the medical team at the hospitals reflects a serious gap in healthcare provision”. Wanchoo demanded immediate posting of a child specialist in the hospital.
He also highlighted the issue of irregular Orthopedic Outpatient Department (OPD) services in the hospital and said the residents living in Jagti tenements, particularly aged and elderly people, have been facing umpteen hardships due to non-availability of Ortho OPD services. He demanded Ortho OPD services be provided in the Hospital on a daily basis.
He further raised the issue of staff shortage during night hours, saying “the scarcity of staff during night hours at SDH Jagti is a glaring issue that needs immediate attention. Timely medical care should not be limited by time constraints, and addressing this shortage would significantly enhance the facility’s efficiency.”
Wanchoo also demanded permanent ambulance service at SDH Jagti and added that the gap for quick and reliable transportation of patients for emergency medical care should be addressed urgently.
Raising concern over poor healthcare facilities at the government dispensary in Nagrota TRT, he said the ambulance services remained non-functional there.
He said the chronic shortage of essential medicines at the dispensary has also created a worrisome scenario for the local population.
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