Srinagar, Nov 11: The Health Department Kashmir has directed all the officials to mobilize the resources ahead of winter for better patient care services.
To ensure preparedness for winter season, all the Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents and Block Medical Officers of Kashmir Division have been directed to mobilize and gear up all the resources.
“Gear up the resources in terms of doctors, paramedics, availability of drugs in sufficient quantity, readiness of fleet of ambulances, ensuring power backup, setting-up of control rooms at district as well as at the level of Sub District Hospitals and heating arrangements in all government health care institutions across the valley, so that the patients are managed properly and timely, besides,” an order of DHSK said.
The arrangements are aimed at limiting referrals to tertiary care hospitals, especially when all the roads remain cut off during the snow in the valley, except in emergency cases.
The officials have been directed to ensure that the hard-to-reach areas, which may remain cut off during winters have adequate medicines like emergency drugs, oxygen cylinders, placing of curtains on doors, covering of windows with polythene wherever needed to keep the hospitals warm.
“Besides, all the Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents, Block Medical Officers, Doctors (Medical Officers/Consultants) and paramedical staff shall remain stationed at their present place of postings, during winter season,” the order said.
The officials have been further instructed to adhere strictly without any kind of deviation to avoid any disciplinary action.
