Early Times Report
POONCH, Oct 6: Due to lack of oxygen plant and non-availability of anesthetic doctor, the ventilators at Sub District Hospital (SDH) Mendhar are non-functional. As per reports, the rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic has created fear fiasco among the people especially old age and children.The people of Mendhar area have expressed their concern over non-functional of ventilators at SDH Mendhar.
Chairman Mendhar Youth Club Advocate Nadeem Rafiq Hussain Khan said that district administration should wake up from deep slumber as Coronavirus cases are raising rapidly. “Government and District Administration Poonch should take immediate measures to make the ventilators functional at SDH Mendhar so as to save precious lives”, they added. When contacted, Block Medical Officer (BMO) Mendhar Dr Parvez Khan confirmed that five ventilators at SDH Mendhar are non-functional. For the past 4 years, there is no anesthetic doctor available at SDH and without him/her, it is not possible to make ventilators functional, he added. “I wrote to higher authorities for appointing anesthetic doctor at SDH, but all in vain”, BMO stated. “After completing the survey of installing oxygen plant, a report has been submitted to higher authorities”, he said, and asserted that oxygen plant will be installed in SDH as soon as possible
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