Will write letter to LT Governor, Financial Commissioner: Principal GMC
Yasmeen Manzoor
Srinagar, May 23: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chest Disease Hospital Srinagar have expressed concern over shifting of Covid-19 patients suffering from other various critical illnesses to Chest Disease(CD) hospital from SMHS and other associated hospitals.
In
an open letter written to Principal/Dean Govt.Medical
College Srinagar, Head of department Pulmonary Medicine raising
concern over the existing protocol to shift critically-ill patients who
had tested positive for the virus and seeks either a separate isolation
in SMHS Hospital for patients requiring multispecialty
care efficient care of such patients or deputing specialists from
every specialty to the CD Hospital to provide specialist care.
It is evident from the letter that the patients shifted
to the CD hospital some of which have even died were not having any respiratory illnesses due to Covid-19.
The
shifted patients include CVA- (Thrombotic stroke)
shifted from department of Medicine, Acute Subdural Haematoma shifted
from department of Neurosurgery, Thyroid Carcinoma stage 4 with
Tracheostomy shifted from department of ENT, Post operative case of
perforated appendix shifted from department of surgery,
case of encephalitis with postpartum psychosis shifted from department
of Medicine, Case of progressive cognitive decline shifted from
department of Medicine, Gluteal abscess shifted from department of
plastic surgery.
When
Kashmir News Bureau contacted Dr Saima, Principal
GMC Srinagar said, “The issue has been already sorted out while I have
got the feedback from all the HOD’s as well. I have made a letter out of
it and send it to the Lieutenant Governor as well as to the Financial
Commissioner.” (KNB)
