Some officials are misusing their position and forcing
poor patients to purchase the drugs from open market in Kishtwar
Kishtwar police registered FIR against Hospital management and Staff for forcing patients to purchase medicines from Market
Kishtwar, August 03: In a rear of the rarest case of misusing of its official position and forcing a poor patient to purchase the drugs available in the government hospital from open market, Kishtwar police on the intervention Member of Legislative Assembly from Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori registered an FIR against the staff and officials of District Hospital Kishtwar including doctor and Paramedical staff on duty who denied the medicines to the poor patient hailing from remote Kuchal area of Inderwal constituency.
MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori visited District Hospital Kishtwar to inquired about patients admitted in the Hospital. He interacted with the patient attended and assured them all help. He asked the doctors about the status of injured patient and ask the Doctors to extend best possible Medicare to the patients. He also wished for early recovery of the patients.
Saroori while leaving the Hospital premises came into contact with one Bashir Ahmed of Kuchal area of Inderwal whose wife Hajzra Begum was undergoing treatment at District Hospital Kishtwar under MRD No. 6024 under the instruction of senior doctors including a physician; who was carrying medicines in his hands.
On inquiring, Bashir Ahmed told MLA Inderwal that he purchased these medicines from market and further told him that doctors and hospital staff refuse him to provide anything to him as a result of which he left with no other option; other than to purchase these medicines from open market.
On checking the medicines purchased by the poor attendant from market, it comes to fore that the medicines were available in the hospital stock as a result of which Saroori brought the matter into the notice of senior officers and also check the stock register of the District Hospital Kishtwar, beside also meet the other patients who narrated the similar tale forcing MLA Inderwal to approach the Kishtwar police for registration of an FIR against the hospital management and the staff for betraying the poor patients as well as misusing the government property by denying its benefit to the deserving persons.
Acting on the complaint, Kishtwar police register FIR No. 146/2016 U/S 403/406 RPC against the hospital management, staff and the unknown physician who attended the patient and asked her attend to purchase the medicines on the pretext that same was not available in the hospital stock.
MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori termed the event as unfortunate added that despite the fact that Health Minister Bali Baghat belongs from Kishtwar by birth, the poor patients were denied the medicines by the hospital authorities and justified his action.
Saroori said that it is the need of the hour to pull down the guilty involved in privatization of medical field by forcing the poor patients for purchasing the medicines from private shops with sole motive of earning commission from the sale of such medicines prescribed by the doctors.
He said that he is hopeful that police will investigate the case with utmost sincerity and will brought the culprits to book for the sake of justice to poor people who had fallen prey to growing doctors-paramedical sale cum commission nexuses.
Saroori said that District Health Officer who also happened to be the incharge Chief Medical Officer Kishtwar told him that 2500 glucose bottles were supplied to District Hospital Kishtwar on same day while syringes, medicates and adhesives were also available in the hospital and denying the same to the poor patents is beyond everybody thinking.
Kishtwar police registered FIR against Hospital management and Staff for forcing patients to purchase medicines from Market
Kishtwar, August 03: In a rear of the rarest case of misusing of its official position and forcing a poor patient to purchase the drugs available in the government hospital from open market, Kishtwar police on the intervention Member of Legislative Assembly from Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori registered an FIR against the staff and officials of District Hospital Kishtwar including doctor and Paramedical staff on duty who denied the medicines to the poor patient hailing from remote Kuchal area of Inderwal constituency.
MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori visited District Hospital Kishtwar to inquired about patients admitted in the Hospital. He interacted with the patient attended and assured them all help. He asked the doctors about the status of injured patient and ask the Doctors to extend best possible Medicare to the patients. He also wished for early recovery of the patients.
Saroori while leaving the Hospital premises came into contact with one Bashir Ahmed of Kuchal area of Inderwal whose wife Hajzra Begum was undergoing treatment at District Hospital Kishtwar under MRD No. 6024 under the instruction of senior doctors including a physician; who was carrying medicines in his hands.
On inquiring, Bashir Ahmed told MLA Inderwal that he purchased these medicines from market and further told him that doctors and hospital staff refuse him to provide anything to him as a result of which he left with no other option; other than to purchase these medicines from open market.
On checking the medicines purchased by the poor attendant from market, it comes to fore that the medicines were available in the hospital stock as a result of which Saroori brought the matter into the notice of senior officers and also check the stock register of the District Hospital Kishtwar, beside also meet the other patients who narrated the similar tale forcing MLA Inderwal to approach the Kishtwar police for registration of an FIR against the hospital management and the staff for betraying the poor patients as well as misusing the government property by denying its benefit to the deserving persons.
Acting on the complaint, Kishtwar police register FIR No. 146/2016 U/S 403/406 RPC against the hospital management, staff and the unknown physician who attended the patient and asked her attend to purchase the medicines on the pretext that same was not available in the hospital stock.
MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori termed the event as unfortunate added that despite the fact that Health Minister Bali Baghat belongs from Kishtwar by birth, the poor patients were denied the medicines by the hospital authorities and justified his action.
Saroori said that it is the need of the hour to pull down the guilty involved in privatization of medical field by forcing the poor patients for purchasing the medicines from private shops with sole motive of earning commission from the sale of such medicines prescribed by the doctors.
He said that he is hopeful that police will investigate the case with utmost sincerity and will brought the culprits to book for the sake of justice to poor people who had fallen prey to growing doctors-paramedical sale cum commission nexuses.
Saroori said that District Health Officer who also happened to be the incharge Chief Medical Officer Kishtwar told him that 2500 glucose bottles were supplied to District Hospital Kishtwar on same day while syringes, medicates and adhesives were also available in the hospital and denying the same to the poor patents is beyond everybody thinking.
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