Suhail Rather
Bandipora, 04 August: A large number of patients suffering from various ailments are forced to visit private clinics in Srinagar for treatment as the hospital is without several specialists and surgeons forcing the doctors to shift the patients to state hospitals in Srinagar.
In absence of an ENT (Ear Nose and Throat), a large number of patients are forced to visit private clinics in Srinagar or Sopore for treatment, even in case of minor ailments. “Patients are simply referred to Srinagar where they are humiliated for travelling a long distance for even minor ailments,” said Shabir Ahmad ,a resident of Bandipora while sharing his own experience.
The hospital caters to patients from not only Bandipora town but also from dozens of adjacent villages. These people remain completely dependent on the facility for their health care needs.
The dearth of doctors has turned the district hospital into a first aid centre as patients only receive first aid and then referred to Srinagar for treatment said Tufail Mir.
While talking to Kashmir Convener, People alleged that the hospital has been left devoid of the ENT specialist forcing them to visit either the Sopore sub district hospital or the hospitals in Srinagar.
One of the local said that my daughter was in urgent need of ENT consultation due to nose bleeding but due to unavailability of ENT here, I had to rush to sub district hospital sopore for her treatment.
This is strange that district hospital is without a ENT specialist while as sub district hospital has this facility, he added.
The locals complained that “ it becomes a commute of more than 40 kilometers for us to avail the services of an ENT specialist.”
They said that they have been moving from pillar to post to get the attention of the authorities but to no avail. “Every day hundreds of people suffer because of the non-availability of a doctor here at the District hopsital. The authorities remain unmoved and no steps whatsoever have been taken so far,” locals said.
Meanwhile, the Locals have appealed to the Lieutenant Governor to address the problems at DH Bandipora.
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