Healthcare facilities

Reports from various far flung areas indicate shortage of specialist doctors in government hospitals there. Because of the problem, patients suffer. While some of them go to other places for specialised treatment, others are not able to do so. Subsequently, their health condition gets affected further due to lack of proper treatment.

There is an immediate need to post specialist doctors in these areas. That way patients there also avail the facility as the patients at other places do. They should not need to go to major towns or come to Srinagar for getting examined by a specialist doctor. If the posts of specialised doctors are lying vacant, those should be advertised and recruitments made accordingly. If the posts of other doctors are also vacant those too should be filled up. As per reports a number of posts are also lying vacant in various government medical colleges and their associated hospitals. In several hospitals the  vacant posts of para-medical staff have not been filled up.

The shortage of doctors  or paramedical staff does affect the healthcare. Because of the shortage, the other doctors and staff working in such hospitals get overburdened with work. Sometimes patients under such conditions do not get the required care or treatment. For improving the healthcare in government hospitals there is an immediate need to fill up all the vacant posts. The staff strength will help in improving the working conditions. That way the patients too will get benefited with better treatment and care. There is shortage of some other facilities in some hospitals. Like some of the health facilities do not have proper buildings to operate. There is shortage of accommodation.

New buildings must be constructed at such places to overcome the inadequate space problem. The damaged buildings must be repaired on priority basis. Necessary medicines must be kept available in all the health facilities. The equipment for testing should be available wherever required. In a number of health facilities,  the equipment has developed faults and not functioning. Because of the problem, the relevant tests are not being conducted at such health facilities. The patients have to go to other places to get the tests done. The faulty  equipment must be repaired and replaced if required. There is a need for further improvement in the health sector to make it more patient friendly for better care and treatment.