Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 17: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference today expressed concern over the snow balling of new COVID-19 infections in Kashmir as worrying, saying the administration has turned its back on the exigencies that have cropped up in wake of the increased number of infections and mortality.
In a joint statement Party MPs, Hasnain Masoodi and MA Lone said that the administration has failed to learn lessons from first wave of COVID-19 to improve its response to the emerging new COVID-19 peak in Kashmir. They stated that people are yet to tide over the rampage induced by COVID-19 and the subsequent failed lock-downs.
“Unfortunately, the government has been yet again caught napping on the issue. Had the ruling regime in J&K come up with a well thought out strategy to cope up with the crisis by learning from its past failures, the situation would not have become as dire as it is now. We see how in a well-organized manner various state governments across the country have made ample arrangements in the form of creating makeshift hospitals, extra testing facilities, and speeding up vaccination to cope up with the viral sprawl. Unfortunately the big shots in the administration are not available on the ground in Kashmir as the government has decided not to shift Darbar move offices this year also. Regrettably the administration also failed to scale up the existing infrastructure in hospitals and augment existing bed strength and other live saving equipment,” they said.
Expressing dismay over the scarcity of beds in hospitals, they said, “There aren’t any free beds in hospitals; everybody cannot afford to admit his kith and kin in private nursing homes. With the number of cases rising every day, the strain on the health care infrastructure in J&K, especially Kashmir has begun to show up. Attendants, patients are now coming out equivocally and expressing their anger about not being able to find free hospital beds, proper treatment for themselves, their family and friends. Hospitals are also short of human resources to deal with the increasing rush. The macro and micro management of incoming rush and COVID-19 protocol in hospitals has gone for a toss. No measures are taken in improving testing and documentation; diagnosis and care without risking the safety of patients and healthcare in various hospitals,” they added.
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