Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, July 16:
Notwithstanding the tall claims of state government that a number of steps are
being taken to eradicate the menace of drugs addiction, the lone drug
de-addiction centre of winter capital at Government Psychiatry Hospital is
lying defunct for the past three years.
According to the
sources this the drug de-addiction center was establish to cure the drug
addicted people of the region but due to one reason or the other the concern
department is unable to make it fully functional from long time.
Sources further said
that there is a acute shortage of such centres running by the state government
so government should come forward to help the needy people who wants to leave
the bad addictions of smoking and drinking.
They further revealed
that private doctors provide only consultation which is not helpful to get them
out of drug addiction as proper care, 24 hour supervision and specialized staff
and doctors are the basic requirements which sans in these institutions.
But from last three
years the government is failed to provide the same left people helplessly.
It is pertinent to
mention here that de-addition centres in meant to treat the person suffering
from addiction of smoking and drinking.
Drug de-addiction
treatment is very sensitive and critical in nature which involved proper care
of the victim.
When contacted Head of
Psychiatry Hospital Dr Jagdish Raj Thappa said that due to the shortage of
medical and paramedical staff in the hospital the department is not able to
start the centre.
Dr Thappa further said
that on every Wednesday and Firday we have started a Out Patient Department
(OPD) in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu.
However, the indoor
facility is still not available in the hospital due to the unavailability of
staff as the department has only two doctors at present to cope up the OPD unit
only.
“Within four months
the government is going to start a 26 bedded de-addiction indoor centre besides
100 bedded Psychiatry Hospital the work of which is in progress” said Dr
Thappa.
Regarding the
recruitment of the state Dr Thappa disclosed that we have sent the proposal to
the higher authorities for two posts of lecturer, one for assistant professor,
four clinical staff besides consultant and nursing staff.
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