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Hospital for 100 villages awaits up-gradation in South Kashmir

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Tral: One of Kashmir’s old healthcare facility, Sub-District Hospital Tral here in Pulwama district has been lagging behind in terms of upgradation while other SDHs in the valley were upgraded longtime ago.
Established during the Maharaja rule, the hospital was established with an objective to provide healthcare to the rural people but the lack of government attention has marred its functioning. The people from hundreds of village consider this hospital as life-saving institution but the hospital in reality doesn’t meet their expectation.
The officials responded that the hospital needs upgradation which will create posts for the required staff.
The hospital was never upgraded. Currently out of 26 required staff, the hospital has just 13 doctors.
“The hospital is running without key posts including the much needed opthalmologist and ENT specialist,” an official posted here said.
He said that due to lack of upgradation there is insufficient staff available.
“Under the situation often RBSK, BUMS doctors from different PHCs handle the OPD at main hospital,” he said.
According to sources at directorate of health services Kashmir, the SDH Pampore, SDH Bhijbehra and SDH Sopore has 20- 25 specialist doctors sanctioned while as SDH Tral has only 7 posts sanctioned.
Technically the hospital is SDH level by name and on papers it is treated differently.
The SDH tag was provided some three decades back and no further enhancement was done by any government, the official added.
“The upgradation of the hospital and the creation of different posts was the duty of Member Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the area who always turned a blind eye towards it,” said another official.
The hospital is vital and the main choice for the people of 105 villages. Besides absorbing own patient flow the patients are referred from New Type Primary Health Centres, Primary Health Centers, sub-centers and dispensaries.
Everyday dozens of patients from PHC Dardsara, PHC Aripal, PHC Kahilil and NTPHC Batagund are referred here. Even during 2014 floods the hospital provided healthcare support to the patients from Pulwama, Shopian,Kulgam and Anantnag districts.
Providing details about the average number of patients visiting the hospital annually, an official from SDH Tral said around 200455 patients visiting its Out Patients Department (OPD) annually.
During the same period, around 6954 patients were admitted in wards (IPD) and around 632 major and 1847 minor surgeries were performed in the hospital last year,” an official in the hospital said.
People now urge the Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu to upgrade the hospital so that more posts are created for SDH Tral besides advanced machinery is provided which would mitigate the sufferings of the people. (KNT)


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