OOAT patients to face no registration issue: Administration

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, April 2

After a report “OOAT patients face problems in getting cards, medicines” carried in these columns on Thursday, highlighting the plight of some drug-addict patients, who had gone to the Civil Hospital at Gidderbaha and Malout, the health centre at Doda village on Tuesday for their registration at the outpatient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) clinic and getting the de-addiction medicine, but their request was not entertained, the civil administration and the police has assured such patients that they would get the registration cards on their next visit.

Meanwhile, the authorities concerned conveyed a message to Gurusar village anti-drug committee member Ranjit Singh that if anyone wanted to get registered at the OOAT clinic, he would not face any problem in the future.

Ranjit said, “The SDM, Gidderbaha, has assured me that there would be no problem to those who are willing to get registered with the OOAT clinic. The SDM told me that he had instructed Health Department officials in this regard.”

He added, “An SP, Muktsar, told me that the anti-drug committees can bring the matter to his issue so that those willing to quit drugs do not face any problem at any OOAT clinic.”

Kirpal Singh, a guardian of governance appointed by the state government at Badian village in Gidderbaha subdivision, had motivated eight persons to quit drugs and get medicine from the OOAT clinic.

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