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| DAK to file PIL against authorities | | Doctors, Paramedical Staff protest lack of masks, gowns | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 23 : Doctors and paramedics treating patients infected with H1N1 virus are up against health officials for denying them required facilities which include masks, special gowns and spectacles to treat patients tested positive for swine flu.
According to sources despite repeated requests, no steps have been taken yet for providing protective gears which includeN95,Personal Protection Equipments and vaccination of the working medicos in hospitals and instead the masks provided by the administration are dusting masks which in no way are comparable to the standard N95 masks. Sources said that though doctors are supposed to combat the virus but unfortunately they are themselves falling prey to it thus endangering its spread among the already susceptiblepatients admitted in the hospitals.
One senior resident told early times that two doctors posted at SKIMS called him yesterday and expressed apprehensions of getting infected. Sources alleged that deputy Medical Superintendent who also happens to be the nodal officer of swine flu in SMHS misbehaved with doctors and even provoked the residents to go for strike at a time when people need doctors and paramedical staff more than anybody else in hospitals. Meanwhile Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) while accusing health officials responsible for six swine flu (H1N1) deaths in the valley which could have been prevented by pre-emptive measures have decide to file a Public interest litigation (PIL) in the High Court against higher ups of the Health department for their alleged callous attitude. In a statement president DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan said Health officials should be booked for criminal negligence as they abdicated their moral and legal duty of protecting human lives. "Health officials concealed H1N1 positive cases and did notdisseminate information to public which resulted in spread of disease and deaths, Doctors were not informed about H1N1 cases with the result they were not considering this in the diagnosis and many patients might have died undiagnosed. Those who died of H1N1 were high risk and could have been saved by prior vaccination which has not been made available by health officials of the valley," added Nisar-ul-Hassan.
He said DAK will file public interest litigation in High Court on Tuesday seeking criminal prosecution of health officials whose renunciation towards their legal duty to combat H1N1 outbreak has led to loss of human lives. |
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