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Administrative inertia hampers emergency medical care delivery Where are Govt's 108 Control Rooms? 7/16/2014 11:54:39 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 16: Over two years have passed since Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced his plans to introduce computerized high quality pre-hospital ambulance service for citizens during accidents. However, no progress with regard to his announcements on emergency medical care delivery in the state is visible on the ground. On February 9, 2012, while addressing an International Congress on Medical Service System at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, Omar had announced that 108 control rooms would be established in the State to facilitate timely response during emergencies. Not only control rooms, the Chief Minister had promised: "We are also placing 50 basic life support ambulances after every 30 kilometres on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway to handle emergency." Omar had also disclosed that each district in the State will be provided with a critical ambulance equipped with advanced life support equipment. Sources have revealed that none of these control rooms exist anywhere in the state and the procedural wrangling has hit the 800 ambulances proposal which were meant for quick transportation of the patients. "There are only two critical care ambulances available in Jammu and Kashmir besides the two that are attached to the cavalcade of Chief Minister and the Governor. These two ambulances are in the office of CMO Srinagar and nowhere else," sources said. When contacted Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Saleem-u-Rehman said that the department is pursuing the matter vigorously. "We have already forwarded our requisitions to higher authorities." Asked about 108 control rooms as was proposed by the Government, the Director Health Services Kashmir refused to comment.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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