GMC Srinagar yet to rope-in doctors from non-clinical deptts for COVID duty
Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, May 6: With caseload increasing every passing day, the doctors at SMHS Srinagar are facing the heat as the Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar has not so far engaged the doctors from the non-clinical departments for COVID care to decrease the increasing burden on those currently on-duty.
As per details, while the SMHS is dedicating ward after ward for the COVID care, it has failed in increasing the manpower in the shape of doctors as the number of doctors taking care of the COVID patients remains the same.
SRINAGAR: In wake of the rise in the COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration at Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital has decided to stop the Out-Patient Department (OPD) and said that only surgeries of emergency nature, malignancies and other referral cases shall be.
Hospital authorities said only emergency surgeries would be performed at the hospital till further orders. In the meeting chaired by principal government medical college Srinagar, which was attended by all the heads of various departments of the college, it was decided that 12 wards would be designated as Covid wards in addition to the paid rooms at the hospital. At present we have adequate supply of oxygen and other requirements to deal with COVID patients , said Nazir Chowdhary, superintendent of the hospital. The S.M.H.S. Hospital is the main secondary healthcare facility in Srinagar city while the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura is the main tertiary healthcare facility.
Haftchinar blaze: Many dreams shattered; Mother-Son duo charred to death, 6 houses turn into ashes
Residents allege late response by F&E dept, demand compensation for family Sheikh Family
Sheikh Danish
Srinagar, Apr 05 (KNO): A 40-year-old woman and her son were charred to death in a deadly blaze at Haftchinar area of Srinagar on Monday.
Officials told the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that at least six residential houses were gutted during intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Haftchinar area of Srinagar, which falls under the jurisdiction of Shergari Police Station.
“Fire broke out in a residential house of one Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, son of Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh of Dogerpati Haftchinar, which engulfed into another residential houses during intervening night of Sunday-Monday.”
SRINAGAR: A 40-year-old woman and her son were charred to death after their house caught fire in Haftchinar area of Srinagar. Officials told the news agency KNO that at least six residential houses were gutted during intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Haftchinar area of Srinagar, which falls und.