Neuro surgery deptt of super specialty hospital without doctors

One on holiday, other on amaranth duty

Tahir Mushtaq

JAMMU, June 25: You may find it funny and tragic, but it shows the plight of the health system in Jammu and Kashmir.

The neuro surgery department in super specialty hospital Jammu is without doctors as one of them is on holiday while other has been deputed for Amarnath yatra duty.

Due to this hundreds of patients are suffering in absence of doctors while the receptionist and para medical staff in the hospital is unaware about the whole affair. 

Sources said as per the roster the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Neuro-Surgery Department is fixed on every Tuesday in Super Speciality Hospital but due to the unavailability of the concerned doctors patients suffering these days.

Sources further said that the higher officials didn’t even bother to inform the person on reception that there is no doctor available in the hospital these days, so don’t entertain any such patient for neuro surgery department.

This mismanagement and lack of coordination among the official on duty led to harassment of patients as around 35 came and fill up the registration form for the checkup in the said department, as both the receptionist and patients are unaware of the fact that no doctor is available on duty.

“If the higher authorities depute a doctor on special duty of amaranth yatra or the doctor is on vacation the authorities should have arrange some doctor on duty so that patient care should not suffer” said a official.

One of the patient said that Ramesh Singh said in the morning when I came to the hospital for examine but after wait of two hours later I came to know that there is no doctor in the neuro surgery department available on duty.

When contacted incharge principal GMC Jammu Dr Shashi Gupta said the there is some miscommunication between Medical Superintendent of Super Speciality Hospital and the staff as the Medical Superintendent is on leave due to which he was unable to inform the staff about the unavailability of doctor in neuro surgery department.

“The department had interview a doctor and appointed the same for the said department and directed him to join today, but the doctor didn’t reported again” Dr Gupta said.

However, sources claimed that so such interview has been conducted so far.