Lack of credible institutions hampering J&K’s growth prospects: Drabu

Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu and MoS Health Asiea Naqash speaking during Annual Day function of SKIMS.
Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu and MoS Health Asiea Naqash speaking during Annual Day function of SKIMS.

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 5: Blaming the inadequacy of good institutions for the prevailing sense of hopelessness in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu today called for aligning the policy decisions to the social choices of people. He called for building credible institutions to inculcate positivity in the society.
Speaking at the 35thAnnual Day of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura here, Dr Drabu said doctors as a class of professionals are an institution unto themselves and they need to be groomed and nurtured to address the despair in the society.
“Apart from the political issues, Kashmir lacks good institutions to which people can look up to with pride and honor. Like SKIMS and J&K Bank, we have very few institutions which can offer us hope and strength. The society must come together and think how we can fill this void,” he said.
Dr Drabu said the people take a certain degree of pride in SKIMS and the J&K Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, will try to enhance its prestige in coming days through strategic interventions.
Dr Drabu said the SKIMS will grow and prosper in coming months and years, and the State Government is willing to consider ceding more institutional and financial autonomy to the institute in the interest of healthcare in Jammu and Kashmir.
The function was also attended by Minister of State for Health, Housing & Urban Development and Social Welfare, Asiea Naqash, who termed SKIMS as a ray of hope in advanced healthcare under single roof for people belonging to marginalized sections of society.
The function was also attended by MLA Langate, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, DC Srinagar, Aabid Rashid, Prof MS Khuroo, one of world’s leading gastroenterologists from the Valley, Prof AG Ahanger, Director, SKIMS, Prof Altaf Kirmani, Dean Medical Faculty, SKIMS, Prof Riyaz Untoo, Principal, SKIMS Medical College, Prof Irfan Robbani, Faculty from SKIMS and GMC Srinagar and paramedic and other staff from the institute.
Prof Tariq Gojwari, organizing chairman of the Annual Day, presented the welcome address.
On the occasion, the Finance Minister released the 2017 Annual Report of SKIMS. Later, ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award 2017, was conferred on one of world’s top neurosurgeon, M Afzal Wani, for his contribution to the field of neurosurgery.

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