PDP leader flays doctors’ shortage

Jammu, August 4
Former minister and People’s Democratic Party leader Syed Basharat Bukhari has alleged that severe dearth of manpower has compromised patient care at Kreeri sub-district hospital in Baramulla and reflects dereliction of duty on part of the administration towards maintaining quality healthcare facilities in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement, Bukhari alleged that the government’s failure to address crippling manpower shortage at SDH Kreeri is a stark reminder of the failure of the UT administration in managing the healthcare sector that is virtually on deathbed.
“It is ironic that six posts of doctors are lying vacant in the institution catering to thousands of people in Kreeri and adjoining villages. Apart from these sanctioned posts, the post of orthopaedic consultant is lying vacant. It is matter of concern that an ophthalmologist posted in Kreeri Hospital was transferred to Bandipora but no replacement has been made in lieu of him, till date. Morever, one more consultant anaesthesiologist is attached with Sopore hospital,” he said. — OC