SRINAGAR, May 29: The Joint House
Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council constituted to look into the
alleged medical negligence by doctors into the death of son of sitting MLC,
Ramesh Arora in Government Medical College, Jammu met here under the
chairmanship of MLC, Ghulam Nabi Moga and discussed some of the important
aspects related to the incident.
Legislators, Ghulam Mohammad
Saroori, Ali Mohammad Dar, Dr Shehnaz Ganai and Firdous Ahmad Tak attended the
meeting.
The Committee discussed the measures
to be taken to further improving the health care and infrastructural facilities
in Government health institutions, including GMC, Jammu so that every common
man can avail these hassle-free.
The Committee opined that healthcare
is the fundamental right of every citizen, for which the Government spends lot
of funds, and authorities must ensure that best treatment is ensured to every
needy. They further called that health authorities should be made more
transparent and accountable to restore the confidence of patients and every
effort should be made that no patient dies due to medical negligence.
The members suggested several
valuable measures to be taken at the tertiary level to save precious lives in
the government institutions. They called for periodical review of facilities by
the higher authorities to plug the gaps, if any found at any level. The health
is a paramount sector and Government should pay focused attention to further
strengthen it at all levels, said the Committee.
Additional Secretary, Council, Ali
Mohammad Rawat, besides other senior officers and officials of Council
Secretariat were also present in the meeting.
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