Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 3: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today expressed its concern over poor oral-dental care facilities across the hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a job package for the unemployed dental surgeons protesting for the last more than a month now.
In a statement issued here, President DAK, Dr Mohd Yousuf Tak said that the number of unemployed dental surgeons in JK has reached more than 4000 in number.
He said keeping in view the increasing load of patients on government hospitals for oral health care it is high time to create new posts for dental surgeons.
Dr Mohd Ashraf Mir, Senior VP said that poor people are compelled to seek the consultation of quacks for dental ailments as successive authorities failed to upgrade human power and infrastructure.
He further added that It is astonishing that Public Service Commission (PSC) hasn’t advertised any post of dental surgeons for the past 13 years which has created a huge gap in the dental surgeon-patient ratio, unemployment and consequent brain drain.
General Secretary DAK, Dr Owais H Dar said the lackadaisical approach of successive governments to upgrade dental health care is responsible for an increased surge in Hepatitis B and C cases in J&K saying that people are forced to consult quacks.
Dr Aijaz Ahmad, Joint secretary DAK and DP Kupwara said that the unemployed dental surgeons have been pushed to the wall despite being highly qualified.
DAK has urged the Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Manoj Sinha and Additional Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo to take appropriate measures for the creation of dental surgeon.
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