Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 15: Former Health Minister and State vice president BJP, Sham Lal Sharma today expressed serious concern over shortage of manpower in the Government Medical College and Hospital, (GMC&H) Jammu, due to which the patient care has been severely affected.
This was stated by Sham Lal Sharma during his visit to the Government Medical College and Hospital to take stock of the situation in the wake of second wave of the Corona pandemic. Mayor JMC, Chander Mohan Gupta and ex MLC Romesh Gupta also accompanied the former Minister.
The BJP leaders had detailed interaction with patients enquiring about the medical facilities being provided to them at the GMC Jammu. They also met the Principal GMC &H, Dr Shashi Sudan and Medical Superintendents, Dr ADS Manhas, Dr Arun Sharma and had a detailed review of the medicare facilities there.
The former Minister said, the graph of COVID deaths showing a sharp rise during the last few days in Jammu region is a matter of serious concern and needs to be addressed at the earliest. He observed that the GMC is facing acute shortage of manpower due to which the people have been put to hardships. He suggested that GMC Hospital with ICU facilities should be strengthened with provision of adequate trained staff, equipments and medical oxygen. Besides, Level II facilities in the associated hospitals of the Government Medical Colleges, District Hospitals, Army, CRPF and BSF hospitals immediately be expanded by provision of extra beds, manpower, equipments, medical gases to accommodate the increasing number of patients in J&K.
Sharma asserted that Level III facilities i.e, COVID Care Centres for patients should be expanded in every district, as was done during last year and their number be increased immediately to accommodate asymptomatic positive patients, who don’t have separate room with toilet facility in their houses.
He stressed for identifying few more hospitals, nursing homes in the city and outside city, where free OPD’s should be started after observing the COVID appropriate behaviour, so as to save the patients with chronic diseases.
Raising serious concern over shortage of Oxygen in various health institutions, the senior BJP leader appealed to the Government that the Oxygen Generation Plants which are under commissioning should be completed without wastage of time.
He advised the senior doctors for maintaining liaison with junior doctors after regular intervals to boost their morale. He asserted that the KAS officers who are monitoring the situation of GMC&H, should also work with close coordination with senior doctors.
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