SRINAGAR, JUNE 08: - The Joint House
Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council constituted on alleged
medical negligence of doctors in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu met
here under the chairmanship of MLC, Ghulam Nabi Moga and discussed various
issues regarding Committee's recent on the spot visit to GMC Jammu and its
associated Hospitals.
Legislators, Ghulam Mohammad
Saroori, Ali Mohammad Dar, Firdous Ahmad Tak and S Charanjeet Singh attended
the meeting and gave their views to strengthen the functioning of the hospitals
of the state.
The Committee discussed the measures
to be taken to further improve the healthcare and infrastructural facilities in
Government health institutions in the state so that the common people could be
benefited.
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 in this regard.
The Committee directed the Council
Secretariat to obtain action taken report in respect of the directions passed
during the recent visit of the Committee to Government Medical College Jammu,
Super Speciality Hospital Jammu, SMGS Hospital Shalimar, Government Hospital
Gandhi Nagar and Government Hospital Sarwal Jammu.
The Committee decided that to
conduct on the spot visit/inspection of Lal Ded Hospital and G B Pant Children
Hospital Srinagar on 29th, June 2018, SMHS Karan Nagar and Rainawari Hospital
on 30th June, 2018 and to SKIMS and Bone & Joint hospital on 2nd July, 2018
respectively.
Secretary, Legislative Council,
Abdul Majid Bhat, Deputy Secretary, Council, Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, besides
other senior officers and officials of Council Secretariat were also present in
the meeting.
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