SRINAGAR Government has decided to invoke Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to deal with the strike by the doctors in various health institutions of the State.
The Government cant allow the hapless patients to suffer and in order to ensure that there is no disruption of healthcare services, it has been decided that ESMA would be invoked to deal with the strike called by the medicos, a senior officer in the Health and Medical Education Department said, according to an official handout.
He said ensuring adequate healthcare services has become more imperative especially in view of the flood alert sounded by the government due to inclement weather conditions.
Resident doctors at all Government Medical College Hospitals, including Lal Ded, are on indefinite strike since July 3 and it has severely affected the health care. Attendants of patients also held protest in the premises of the LD hospital.
Meanwhile, taking suo-moto cognizance of the strike by doctors, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Wednesday directed Health Secretary State of J&K to file the report as to what arrangements have been made for the patient care in various hospitals of the state.
Justice Bilal Nazki, Chairperson of J&K State Human Rights Commission took Suo-moto cognizance of reports published in different newspapers with regard to “strike of doctors”.
While going through the news item published in various dailies the Chairperson observed that there are some disturbing reports published. According to reports, hundreds of doctors have gone on strike which has resulted in agony and misery to general public. There are some reports that even deaths have been taken place due to strike of the doctors. Health Secretary State of J&K, is directed to file the report as to what arrangements, government has made for the patient care in various Hospitals of the State. The commission ordered that notice shall be sent through a special messenger so that report was filed by the State by Monday.
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