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| Procured four years back CCA yet to be made functional | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Jan 24: Owing to bureaucratic red tapism the only Critical Care Ambulance (CCA) at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) to cater critical patients, has laying defunct since it was procured.
Paradoxically, another non callous approach of GMC&H authorities have been taking toll of Rs 60 lakh on state exchequer.
Sources informed Early Times that the ventilator in the said CCA has also turned redundant. "CCA was procured four years back, but due to the non availability staff of paramedics to make operational the ambulance, later it was parked at Chest Disease Hospital in deplorable conditions" they added.
Sources further said that without its use the ventilator has turned redundant, and has been shifted to hospital stores. "The ventilator technically has been out of order, as it needs regular charging. Few month back it has shifted to a store of hospital" they added.
"To provide service to accident victims, government had made available a CCA to which was waiting for it's functioning for four years due to non-availability of paramedics. Amid non-availability of paramedics the health department has recently procured more CCA for each districts hospital" they further said.
As per the guide line of World Health Organisation (WHO) and Indian Medical Council, there must, be ambulance care assistants (ACAs), emergency medical technicians (EMT) and an emergency medical dispatcher available in hospitals. A paramedic has a high level of pre-hospital medical training and usually involves key skills which are not performed by technicians.
Pertinently, House committee formed to know the causes of accident on Batote-Kishtwar national highway, headed by MLA, M Y Tarigami, suggested that at least one CCA must be available at every district hospital. According to the report 14 percent of the accident victims die on spot, 38 percent die on way to hospital and 48 percent die in the hospitals. Report also revealed that 52 accident victim dies due delay in their treatments. The committee suggested that if CCA are provided, the death percentage could come down. |
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