Vikram Sharma

Keeping in view the current situation, the government has established a control room at the Directorate of Health Services, Jammu, to monitor any exigency or untoward incident in the state.

Nine officials in the Directorate of Health Services have been put on duty in the control room to monitor aid and supplies in case of an exigency. A helpline number 01912546338 has been made available for public, besides an ambulance has been stationed at the directorate for emergency service.

Deputy Director (Dentistry), controller of stores (Medicine), a pharmacist and an ambulance driver are the persons on the control room panel who will remain alert for any situation.

Deputy Director, Directorate of Health Services, Girish Chander Gupta, who is also the head of the control room, said all logistics had been put in place for immediate supply of health care in all districts of the Jammu region.

“All hospitals and primary health centres in all districts of the Jammu region are coordinating. Ambulances, necessary medical supplies and first aid have been kept ready to provide them to the needy in the emergency situation,” said Gupta.

He said teams were working in coordination and no stone had been left unturned to ensure that medical help reached even those in far-off places.

After Pakistan violated India air space on Wednesday, panic struck people of the state. Many people in the city were seen flooding medical shops, ration and grocery shops, petrol pumps and ATMs.

A copy of the order released by Dr Samir Mattoo, Director, Health Services, Jammu, has been circulated to all Deputy Commissioners and the Chief Medical officers of the 10 districts of the Jammu region.

Meanwhile, directives have been issued in the Valley to paint red cross signs on the rooftops of the government hospital buildings.

Mattoo said no such directive had been issued for the Jammu region.

Hospitals paint red cross on rooftops

Srinagar: Amid heightened hostility between India and Pakistan, the hospital buildings in Kashmir on Wednesday started painting red cross sign on their rooftops. The rooftops of several buildings at the SMHS hospital, Srinagar, were marked with a red cross. A senior administrator of the hospital said it was a routine move and was being replicated at all hospitals, which did not have the marking. The red cross atop buildings serve as an indicator for fighter planes and helps in identifying the hospitals. Many residents in the region also reported that the Army and paramilitary camps had switched off lights on Tuesday night in possible evidence of measures meant to evade Pakistani bombers jets. tns

Courtesy:The Tribune,Feb 28,2019