Suhail Rather

Bandipora, July 31 (KNS):- The expired medicines and supplements of folic acid and other medicines of worth thousands of rupees are dumped in washrooms of New type of Primary health center Bagtore village of Gurez in Bandipora district, locals alleged negligence of authorities.
The medicines and supplements were meant for local population especially tribal women majority of whom are anaemic and hence needed supplements regularly.

In border areas of Kashmir valley health issues are one of the major issues which have not been resolved. Locals several times protested and had raised their voices for years but their voices went unheard.

Several locals alleged that the shortage of medicines in these border areas forces them to travel 80 km for slightest toothache, ‘but why these medicines were not distributed remains a question for them also’.

In Kashmir valley around 66 percent womens are facing anaemic, with most of the rate is from border areas of Kashmir valley especially Gurez.

Apart from this, according to the details collected by this reporter, several doctors usually remain absent from their duties.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

The hospital also did not have a biometric attendance system which was verified by this reporter and found leniency in attending his duties; several employees were not even presenting themselves in his daily attendance, locals said who will agree that they were present from several days.

Doctors who give their duties according to them, How he can forget to present himself in his daily attendance.

Meanwhile this reporter tried to contact BMO Gurez Dr. Tahira several times but she did not receive our calls. After this we tried to reach Chief Medical Officer Bandipora he denied to speak on this by saying the BMO Gurez can speak on this issue.

But this question remains unanswered who will take the responsibility of this as the government in NFHS-5 says the valley has 66 percent of iron deficiency and why these medicines are not distributed to the poor population of this area which remains cut with the rest of the world for six months (KNS).