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| M&CC Hospital Anantnag is back in unsafe building, Locals stage protest | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Jan 23 : Taking common people for a ride, authorities in shifted back the Maternity and Child Care Hospital to unsafe building in Sherbagh under mysterious circumstances during the intervening night.
The hospital had been shifted toa safe building in JanglatMandi recently. Hundreds of people registered protest and blocked the Anantnag-Kishtwar road against the move. NC activist Iftikar Misger who also participated in protests told Early Times that a group of chemists bribed few leaders of a political party who are exerting pressure on administration. "I have reports that four to five influential chemists have bribed politicians and health department officials who creating hurdles in shifting the hospital." Iftikar said. He said that how chemists provide vehicles to health department for shifting the hospital equipments during the intervening night. "It is very unfortunate that administration is working under a political party which has not yet assumed power and is also backing few chemists who want to buy us but we will resist and not allow them to make our people suffer for their vested interests." He added. Official sources at M&CC Anantnag told Early Times that medical superintend has ordered doctors to covert a ward into theater unethically. "Our theater sustained damage in a fire incident last week and so we were directed to covert a ward into theater that is totally against the ethics." Doctor, wishing anonymity said.
He acknowledged that hospital was shifted back under political pressure. "Government has ordered a year earlier to shift the hospital as according to Fire and emergency hospital building is unsafe but due to political interference precious lives are being put at risk." He added. 100 bedded Maternity and Child Care Hospital Anantnag has highest bed occupancy in South Kashmir according to official records and is catering rush from not only south Kashmir but from the farflung areas including Banihal. "If we go through ethics then there should a proper space from bed to bed in recovery ward but if you will visit the hospital you will find that neither is no enough space between the two beds for a doctor to do checkup round." A lady, whishing not to be named said. South Kashmir Civil society has already threatened to lunch an agitation if the administration not shifted the hospital to new building at JanglatMandi. "We not allow political parties to politicize our health care sector." Rao Farman Ali, spokesman SKCS said. "It is a demand of public that the hospital should be shifted to a new place which comparatively better than old so why any political party is interfering and backing few chemists." He added. He said that all the narrow roads links to old hospital building are creating lot of problems to patients and is difficult to be reached so the authorities must reconsider its decision in the interest of public. |
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