Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday asked the government ‘to explore methods to boost up the availability of oxygen at all government designated COVID-19 hospitals across Jammu and Kashmir as the demand for medical oxygen from hospitals and nursing homes is increasing in wake of increasing rate of infections.’
Asking the government to ensure seamless availability of oxygen at all government designated hospitals; Party’s Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said this while drawing attention of the government towards facilitating, controlling and coordinating the supply of oxygen to health establishments. He also stated that the areas declared as COVID-19 containment zones should also be provided with auxiliary oxygen beds. The measure he said will ease the burden from primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare facilities. He stated that the arrangement could be made possible by procuring spaces within the COVID-19 containment zones. Having such oxygen beds thickly available, he said will ensure hassle free critical care to infected persons at their doorsteps.
“It would have been better if the responsibility of monitoring, controlling and overseeing the availability of oxygen is entrusted to special nodal officers at every tehsil level. These nodal officers would also report to the government on the status of the cylinders at local health care centers, nursing homes on a daily basis. We are facing unprecedented times, unprecedented situation demand unprecedented efforts. The retort of the government to the current situation should not be fragmented; at this juncture all the government agencies are expected to work in sync with each other. The divisional administration should ensure minimum 36-hour oxygen back up in every hospital across J&K,” he said.