SRINAGAR: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Senior leader, Peer Bilal, has expressed serious concern over the ailing health sector in Hazaratbal Constituency and the Harwan area of Khanyar constituency stating that the patients were badly suffering for want of adequate health care facilities. Peer Bilal said that common people all over the Hazratbal constituency were facing tremendous hardships due to non-availability of healthcare facilities.
The new building for 50 bedded Sub District Hospital Hazratbal was sanctioned last year, unfortunately the work could not start due to objections by the LCMA. The work on 50 bedded AYUSH Hospital Harwan , which was nearing completion ,has been abandoned since 2015 for unknown reasons.
The foundation stone of the hospital was laid by Ghulam Nabi Azad ,the thenv Union Health Minister in 2012. He said 7 health centre’s which were upgraded to NTPHC level in 2014 in Phaag area of Srinagar including Faqir-Gujri, Dara, New-Theed, Saidpora ,Darbag, Burzhama and Tailbal were also without basic infrastructure.
“Niether staff was deployed nor buildings constructed for these NTPHC ,”Peer Bilal added. He said hundreds of doctors were recruited by the Government for providing best healthcare facilities in the far Off area’s but this area was again ignored due to unknown reasons. DPAP leader has sought personal intervention of LG Manoj Sinha to address the woes of people of Hazratbal constituency by improving the basic infrastructure in various health centers ...
