Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 27: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Member Parliament from Anantnag (Retd) Justice Hasnain Masoodi today asked the government to ensure supply of RT-PCR, RAT testing kits and Covishield vaccines at health facilities across south Kashmir areas which he rued are running out of supply of these indispensable items.
Masoodi, who earlier today visited health facilities in various south Kashmir areas Including Khrew, Avantipura Tral, Wuyun, Pampore to learn about the quality of services being extended to the patients, came to know about the short fall of RT-PCR, RAT kits and Covishield Vaccines in SDH Pampore, PHC Avantipura, and Tral.
During his hours-long tour to the health facilities in the said areas, he interacted with medics and paramedical staff about the details pertaining to testing, facilities and measures to handle pandemic and instructed them to provide better services to the patients. The Member of Parliament also came across halt in the vaccination drive at PHC Awantipura and Tral due to the acute shortfall of Covishield vaccine.
Expressing concern over the glitches, he said the administration is duty bound to ensure availability of adequate staff and vaccines including testing kits at all health centers, which he said have unfortunately been left unattended. He said the objective of his visit to the health facilities in various south Kashmir areas is to get first hand report of the availability of necessary staff, critical Covid drugs, and testing kits at these facilities most of which he said are running short of it.
While interacting with the patients in the health facilities, he enquired about their well being and also about the conditions and facilities at the hospitals. He appreciated the efforts of the medics and Paramedics for their commendable job. “ The local staff is doing a good job; but it is the short fall of required kits, critical drugs and other essentials medicines, which is hampering the treatment, testing as well as vaccination drive. The morale of our COVID warriors is high in these difficult times,” he said.
In view of the shortfall of vaccines and required testing kits at SDH Pampore and PHC Avantipura, Tral he impressed upon the administration to address the issue on priority.
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