Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 18: In the emergence of deadly pandemic SKIMS, Soura today said that it has gained a strong foothold in the line of management and in dealing with COVID and non-COVID patients and is rendering valuable services to the overall health sector.
Director SKIMS and Ex-officio Secretary to Government Dr A. G Ahangar, while reiterating the do’s and dont’s for the patient care as a part of expert advice, he emphasized the need for Mass Vaccination Campaign while terming it as the ultimate weapon to fight the deadly disease.
“It is like fighting a ” Third World War” by the medical fraternity and people at home rather than soldiers on the battlefields and we have to choose between vaccine or ventilator, vaccine or death, vaccine or famine,” he said.
Dr A. G Ahangar said that during the testing times, more so in the fighting the challenges posed by the COVID, the institution has paralleled any premier institution in the country in making.
He said that this was made possible through mutual contributions from all health workers at SKIMS, from faculty to paramedics and other supportive services.
Dr Ahangar while acknowledging the support received from the Government said: “Hon’ble Governor is on the constant lookout to boost the morale of the management and front line workers who have not felt any paucity of support or generosity from his leadership.”
He said that while SKIMS is fully geared to meet eventualities, people too, have to be ready to do their bit and it is in this backdrop that our awareness efforts through all means have excelled to seek peoples’ cooperation.
He lauded healthcare workers at SKIMS who he said are working at all levels with dedication and resilience.
He said high flow oxygen and low flow oxygen wards were set up at top priority without wasting any time to add to already available infrastructure & equipment drugs are stocked up to meet the demand.
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