Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 31: Due to the prevailing situation, the hospitals in Srinagar have been witnessing abrupt decrease in patient inflow, while those who are admitted in health institutions from sensitive areas are reluctant to leave for home citing harassment by the stone pelters.
Amid clampdown following Abrogation of Article 370, 35A and bifurcation of the state into two union territories, most people either are not allow to come out of home or prefer to stay indoors due to prevailing situation in the valley or fearing for stone pelters.
During these days, the Srinagar's tertiary care hospital SMHS has witnessed a huge decrease of inflow of patients as most people are not able to reach the hospital due to restrictions in place or fearing for stone peltser.
There has been sudden decrease in inflow of patients for the last three weeks as they are not able to reach the hospital. As per the official sources, over 2000 patients used to visit SMHS's OPD on an average daily but less than 1000 visit the hospital these days.
"These days less than 1000 patients visit OPD of the SMHS," a senior medico said.
Meanwhile, many patients and attendants of far-off places are reluctant to leave the hospitals in view of alleged harassment by the stone pelters. "I brought my father here a week ago in a private vehicle. We were stopped by the stone pelters at several places and were harassing on one pretext or the other. On Saturday, my father was discharged but didn't go home as miscreants are not sparing anybody even the ailing people in south Kashmir," said Mohammad Subhan, a resident of south Kashmir's Sangam area.
He said the hospital administration hadn't provided an ambulance to ferry him and his father to home. "I also tried to get a Taxi but no one is ready to go to south Kashmir," he added.
Mohammad Ashraf of Bijbehara does not know how to take his wife home who delivered a male child a week ago. "My wife has been discharged but I don't know how to go home. Taxi drivers are refusing to come while government ambulance drivers too are reluctant since they too were attacked by the stone pelters," Ashraf said. |
