Srinagar- A 27-year-old city resident on his way to hospital, barely 3 kilometers from his residence, died after being caught up in a traffic jam for over two hours on Thursday.
Jahangir Ahmad, a resident of Khaiwan, Narwara was rushed to State Hospital at Headwon after suffering a stroke, but died midway after being caught up in a traffic jam at Sekidafar-Eidgah for nearly two hours.
Residents and family said Jahangir was suffering from a neurological issue for the last couple of months, however, his condition deteriorated on Thursday afternoon.
“His family members immediately tried to shift him to SMHS hospital, however, due to traffic jam in the Sekidafar area, the vehicle got stuck and despite hectic efforts by the local police, the patient couldn’t reach hospital in time and died mid-way,” they alleged.
Even intervention by the personnel of Safa Kadal Police Station could not help pave a way for the vehicle he was being shifted to. The vital stretch of Ali Jan Road connecting two major hospitals of the city SKIMS, Soura and SHMS remains clogged with traffic eversince work on the Srinagar Smart City Project began last year. “The work goes at snail’s pace while the major city roads have been dug making it difficult for traffic to move smoothly”, allege residents.
“Narwara is barely three kilometers from SMHS and it took the vehicle carrying ailing Jahangir two hours to reach Safa Kadal where he breathed his last”, a resident Showkat Hussain Mir told Kashmir Observer. Many residents blame massive traffic jams on city roads on bad planning by SSCL as pedestrian tracks have been widened and roads narrowed down making it ever increasing traffic difficult to move smoothly.
Minutes After Discharge, Patient Readmitted To SMHS Due To Bad Road Condition
Minutes after being discharged from the SMHS hospital, a patient from Chadoora Budgam in central Kashmir had to be readmitted as the vehicle carrying him had to make its way along a section of pothole-filled, crumbling road.
The doctors treating the patient at the Sri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital informed that he had recently undergone a stomach surgery.
Discharged from the hospital after surgery, the patient was on the way to his home when the vehicle he was travelling in when the car he was traveling in came across a patch of rough, pothole-filled road, which caused his health to worsen.
The impact of the short but clashing journey proved costly for his health post surgery, leaving his family with no option than to return to the hospital for readmission.
It may be in place to mention that the road that connects Karan Nagar with SMHS undergoes construction as part of the Srinagar Smart City Project.
Pedestrians, commuters, and patients have all experienced significant disruptions as a result of the construction delay, local traders informed Kashmir Observer.
“On one hand the authorities claim that Srinagar will be developed on the modern lines as part of the Smart City project, while on the other, they dug roads and gave them an odd appearance,” they said.
“A patient being readmitted to the hospital is regrettable, since the authorities don’t seem to care about the consequences of their bad decisions. In such circumstances, the patient’s health may deteriorate, and God forbid, they may even pass away,” said the doctors at SMHS.
They said the ambulances get stuck in massive gridlocks for hours together as a result of the under construction roads in the vicinity. The patients and their attendants are the worst sufferers of the poor policies of the government.
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