Doctors’ Body shocked at death of Kupwara child Web Desk Srinagar, Jan 16: A doctors’ body in Kashmir Friday expressed shock over the death of a three- year-old child who allegedly died due to non- availability of ambulance driver at primary health care in remote Kupwara district. President Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Dr Nisar ul Hassan today called it a criminal act to refer a critically sick patient in a passenger sumo who died while on the way to Sogam. “How can you keep an ambulance without a driver which is needed round the clock for ferrying sick patients?” Dr Hassan asked. “The child could have been saved if he was put on life support and ferried in a critical care ambulance.” Terming the statement of health officials that the driver was on leave and that there was no substitute as “highly irresponsible”, Dr Hassan said it was an indicator of the apathy of the authorities and their disrespect for human life. “It is pathetic that our peripheral health centers lack basic life-saving equipment and ambulances are as good as trucks, thus risking lives of sick patients,” he said. “The child has died because of gross negligence and complacence, and those responsible for his death should be held accountable and punished.”
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:17:36 +0000
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