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Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have barred doctors from speaking to media and directed the oxygen manufacturing units to stop supplies to the NGOs and private users.
The order issued by the region’s department of health on Thursday came as it battles a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with hospitals running short of beds and patients scrambling for oxygen cylinders, medicines and medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators.
“All Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents/Block Medical officers of Kashmir Division are enjoined upon to issue instructions to all the staff under the administrative domain to desist from media interactions,” said the order signed by Dr Mushtaq Rather, director of health services in the disputed region.
Medics barred from media interactions in Kashmir
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Workers carry medical oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients, in Jammu, on Friday, May 7, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Administration takes charge of private oxygen facilities The Jammu and Kashmir administration has barred doctors dealing with COVID-19 patients in the valley’s hospitals from media interactions. It has also taken charge of all private oxygen-generating facilities in Srinagar and is regulating supply to NGOs.
“All chief medical officers, medical superintendents, block medical officers of the Kashmir division are enjoined upon to issue instructions to the staff to desist from media interactions, as it has been seen that contradictory and confusing messages are being circulated, which misinforms the public and creates unnecessary and avoidable panic,” Dr. Mushtaq Rather, Director, Health Services, said in an orde