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Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 14: Blame it on the inadequacy of legislation, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed mushrooming growth of private hospitals, which are being operated mostly by the government medicos, who remain absent from duties.
There are over a hundred private hospitals and nursing homes in the state registered with the department of health department. Of which 44 private hospitals and nursing homes are registered with the department of Health Services Kashmir.
But most of them lack necessary facilities with authorities failing to regulate their working.
Officials said, of these 44 private hospitals and nursing homes, only one is having the registration of its blood bank. However, officials said the other hospitals were given registrations after they were affiliated with the government hospitals and said they procure blood from there at the time of emergency. "These hospitals are run mostly by the medicos who are posted in government hospitals and remain absent from duties even during office hours," an official said.
The Doctors Association Kashmir on Tuesday said private practice by medical practitioners engaged in government services is risking lives of patients.
In a statement it said it makes no sense to ban private practice of HODs and allow it for all others.
Allowing private practice means doctors are not available for patients during crucial hours when their services are needed most.
An official of health department said a team of officials inspects hospitals prior to their registration. "Their registration is also being renewed every three years. We check their manpower, infrastructure and they also have to get the NOC from the fire services department, pollution control department and municipal committees," he said.
Except few, these hospitals have no accident and emergency units, which is compulsory for every hospital. Barring a few, these hospitals also lack intensive care units, ventilators and the diagnostic facilities.
It has also been seen that overload in government hospitals forces people to turn to private hospitals for treatment. But there is no regulation of rates and patients are being charged as per the will of proprietors of these hospitals. .
Official sources said more than 80 per cent of private hospitals are being run on partnership basis by doctors working at the government hospitals. The nexus between the owners of these hospitals and doctors have made the medical facilities impossible for the lower middle class and poor. "Every hospital has at least five govt doctors on their payrolls for extracting hard earned money from the hapless patients," he said.
Official sources said the Health department had issued directions to these hospitals to provide the details of medicos serving there. "But, they have failed to provided the details of local doctors who treat patients in these hospitals," the official said.
Earlier government has said these hospitals won't be allowed to perform surgeries till they set up all necessary facilities. But there seems no implementation on the ground. |
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