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Srinagar, August 28 (Scoop News)-At a time when medical staff is needed round the clock in hospitals Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today expressed dismay over lack of accommodation in Kashmir hospitals for doctors and paramedical staff.
President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that non-availability of accommodation in hospitals for staff takes heavy toll on patients.
Most of the hospitals do not have residential facilities as a result of which staff faces huge inconvenience.
SMHS, the premier tertiary care hospital which has been receiving majority of injured persons right from day one of civil unrest has no residential quarters for faculty.
As a result of this senior doctors are not available during emergency hours when their services are needed most.
Even the hostel in SMHS for postgraduate students, who are on frontline during emergencies, has inadequate rooms and many of the students live in rented accommodation.
While in other places, hostel facilities are free of cost to students, but in Kashmir they pay hefty sums for shabby rooms.
Also, majority of peripheral hospitals including district and sub-district hospitals have no facilities for staff to stay.
As per Medical Council of India, every doctor should be provided a quarter and every student a hostel facility.
In order to ensure full time services of doctors and paramedical staff in hospitals, they have to be provided with lodging.
Under the prevailing circumstances when Kashmir is under curfew and clampdown, accommodation for staff within the hospital premises becomes essential.
It is difficult for medical personnel to reach their duties in these abnormally abnormal conditions.
Ambulances which are meant to ferry sick and wounded and to save precious lives are used to transport staff from one place to another.
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