Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 14: Jammu Kashmir Doctors Coordination Committee, an amalgam of associations of medicos, has urged the Government to provide adequate protective gear and suitable accommodation with refreshment to on-duty Health care workers across J&K.
In a statement, JKDCC Convenor, Dr Mohd Yousuf Tak said that the health care workers, who are on the forefront to treat and defend the community from COVID-19, must be safe to serve others.
“Though it is our professional obligation and we are under hippocratic oath to serve the patients irrespective of any caste, creed or sex but at the same time we want to emphasize that till we are not safe and properly protected by adequate Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs), it becomes arduous to deliver to our best of capacity and capability,” said Dr Balwinder Singh, President of the Doctors Association Jammu.
President Doctors Association Kashmir, Dr Suhail Naik added : “Since our health officials are leaving no stone unturned to serve our community and we can very well understand the stress on the administration at this point of time but at the same time we believe that they should be at least provided with the quality refreshment which is the least which we can expect”.
General Secretary Doctors Association Kashmir, Dr Owais H Dar has requested the Government of Jammu and Kashmir that suitable accommodation along with food and other necessary logistics must be provided to all health care workers who are working in COVID-19 related activities like Flu OPD, Isolation or quarantine duties and to those who are associated with sampling or surveillance duties.
Spokesperson JK SCD, Dr Masood Rashid said that in the larger interest of public health care it is imperative that each health care worker must be equipped with adequate personal protective gear as while discharging their duties they may come across Asymptomatic undiagnosed Covid-19 patients which after their diagnosis leads to quarantine of the Medical staff who were dealing with the patient thereby depleting the already existing staff to quarantine.
General Secretary DAJ, Dr Manjeet Singh said that doctors across the region are always ready to support their people during any emergency.
JKDCC has stressed upon the Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education to look into the matter and sort out the issue so that the morale of each health care worker is boosted.
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