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Srinagar: The DGP J&K, Shri Dilbag Singh visited the South Kashmir districts of Anantnag and Awantipora late in the evening to review the Security preparedness and drills of the Nakas and men deployed on the critical NH 44. The NH 44 security grid is being further enhanced to meet the challenges from terrorism.

In a statement issued to news agency-kashmir news service(KNS), During his visit the DGP interacted with jawans of JKP and CRPF. He complimented them for the dedication with which they have been working despite the heavy snow fall and inclement weather braving the harsh winters.

The DGP emphasised upon the importance of courteous behaviour to be displayed during checking on the Highway. He appreciated the men of JKP for the way they have handled the Naka checking duties during COVID-19 pandemic.

The DGP congratulated Deputy Commandant Vasudev of CRPF 40 Bn on a naka. The officer was recently awarded the DGP Disc for his committed service to the nation.
DIG SKR Atul Goel, SSP Anantnag and SSP Awantipora accompanied the DGP.(KNS)

Interference of revenue officials in hospital affairs unacceptable

Demands transport facility and in-house accomodation for the doctors and paramedics.

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Doctors Coordination at Committee(JKDCC) which is an amalgam of various doctors associations, today in a statement showed indignation against undue interference by revenue officials in day to day hospital affairs.

Speaking with Kashmir Today Dr. M Y Tak Convenor JKDCC said, “Adminstration has badly failed during this winter’s snow fall and got itself buried as the snow was not cleared from the roads, lanes and by-lanes for days together. This adminstrative apathy caused a lot of difficulty for doctors, paramedics and patients to reach hospitals and consequently a disaster like situation was palpable.”

Dr. Owais H Dar General Secretary Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK said, that Sub District Magistrate (SDM) Pattan Baramulla through electronic media advised people to avoid travel on Srinagar- Baramulla highway, due to slippery conditions of road and consequent traffic mess, but at the same time visited the Trauma Hospital Pattan to check the attendance of medical staff.The staff could not be there on time as they had to travel through the same route which was unfortunately inaccessible.

Dr Arshid H Trag , Joint secretary DAK said that “SDM Pattan instead of doing his assigned job to clear the roads and lanes and make them accessible for people , so that they can reach to their destinations, visited hospital to create a scene in order to hide his inefficiency and failure by passing the buck in seeking explanation from the medical staff for being late. The National Highway is jugular vein which connects whole north Kashmir with capital city and tertiary care health system. A large number of patients had missed their regular dialysis and chemotherapy due to adminstrative failures , which has risked life of so many patients”.

Dr Masood Rashid , General Secretary Society of Consultant Doctors (SCD) said that, “tremendous work was done during present Covid19 by our doctors and paramedics and our health indicators like morbidity and mortality is lowest in the country, which has been very well appreciated by the Hon’ble Lieutanant Governor and Financial Commissioner and at the same time non of these revenue officials dared to visit hospital premises for the fear of contracting Covid 19. It is very unfortunate that various revenue officials after finishing their dinner visit various health centres for photo sessions in order to remain in lime light on social media”.

Dr Imtiyaz Banday, President Jammu Kashmir Society of Dental Surgeons(JKSCD) said,
“the department of health has its own streamlined administration like Chief Medical Officer(CMO),Block Medical Officer (BMO) and Medical superintendent and during disasters a new duty roster is framed on war footing basis where night staff is asked to stay back in hospitals. We advise our health administration to show some spine, and teach them how hospitals are made to function round the clock”.

President DAJ Dr Balvindar said, that “instead of taking care of basic adminstrative affairs pertaining to day to day life of poor people , they are busy with checking attendance of hospital staff inorder to divert attention of common masses and hide their failures. It is highly deplorable and disgusting that due to their incompetence , traffic is not plying on various roads of Kashmir and consequently it has taken toll on large number of cancer and dialysis patients”.

Meanwhile to express our resentment, JKDCC has called for two hour pen down strike on Monday from 10:AM to 12:00 PM barring emergency services across Jammu & Kashmir.

“Time and again single line administration is using department of health to stay in lime light. Further, if undue interference by revenue officials is not stopped immediately, we will be forced to shut down hospitals across the region for which they will be fully responsible for the consequences thereof” warned JKDCC.

New Delhi: The Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting to review the status of COVID-19 in the country along with the preparedness of the State/UTs for COVID vaccination, today. Meeting was attended by the Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to the PM, Health Secretary, and other senior officials concerned.

As per an official statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Prime Minister took a detailed and comprehensive review of the status of COVID management covering various issues. Emergency Use Authorisation or Accelerated Approval has been granted by the National Regulator for two vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) which have established safety & immunogenicity.

The PM was also briefed about the preparedness status of the Centre in close collaboration with the State and UT governments for roll out of the vaccine in the near future. The vaccination exercise in underpinned by the principles of people’s participation (Jan Bhagidari); utilizing experience of elections (booth strategy) and Universal Immunization Program (UIP); no compromise of existing healthcare services, especially national programs and primary health care; no compromise on scientific and regulatory norms, other SOPs; and an orderly and smooth implementation driven by technology.

The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine will provide priority to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers who are estimated to be around 3 cr, followed by those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 Cr.

The Prime Minister was also apprised about the Co-WIN Vaccine Delivery Management System. The unique digital platform will provide real time information of vaccine stocks, their storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries of the COVID-19 vaccine. This platform will assist the program managers across all levels through automated session allocation for pre-registered beneficiaries, their verification and for generating a digital certificate upon successful completion of the vaccine schedule. More than 79 lakh beneficiaries have been registered already on the platform.

As the vaccinators and vaccine administrators comprise a crucial pillar of the vaccination exercise, their training process was detailed out. 2,360 participants were trained during national level Training of Trainers which comprised state immunization officers, cold chain officers, IEC officials, development partners etc. More than 61,000 programme managers, 2 lakh vaccinators and 3.7 lakh other vaccination team members have been trained so far as part of trainings at States, Districts and Block levels.

The Prime Minister was also apprised on the three phases of dry runs having been conducted across the country. The third dry run was conducted yesterday across 615 districts covering 4895 session sites in 33 States/UTs.

After the detailed review, it was decided that in view of the forthcoming festivals including Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu etc., the COVID19 vaccination will start from 16th January 2021—(KNO)

Srinagar: India has claimed that the United Nations proscribed entities and designated militants act as proxies for Pakistani establishment to fulfill its anti-India agenda”.

MEA Spokesman Anurag Srivastava said, “It is for the international community to hold Pakistan to account and ensure that it takes credible action against terror groups, terror infrastructure and individual militants”.

On a query on Pakistan court’s 15-year jail sentence to LeT militant Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Mr Srivastava said, “the timing of these actions clearly suggests the intention of conveying a sense of compliance ahead of the Asia Pacific Joint Group (APJG) meeting and next Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting next month. it has become routine for Pakistan to come up with such farcical actions prior to important meetings,” he claimed.

On a query on UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee, the MEA Spokesman said, “India began its two-year tenure at the UN Security Council as a non-Permanent Member on the first of this month. During the tenure, India will be guided by a commitment to promote responsible and inclusive solutions to international peace and security, a new orientation for a reformed multilateral system and a world view anchored in our ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” he said.(KINS)

Srinagar, Jan 09 : The administration on Saturday said it was on alert on the new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but said there was no need to panic.
“The Government is alert and officials are closely keeping an eye on each development about the new strain of coronavirus,” one of the top officers of the Health Department told news agency KINS, insisting not to be named.
He said that they have directed that all passengers from the U.K. should be subjected to mandatory RT-PCR tests on arrival at the airport.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has already released detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for states regarding travellers from the UK who arrived in India over the past month, which includes carrying out genome sequencing in case of positive samples.
The official said that that the authorities are fully on this issue and surveillance for this virus has been increased ever since it was discovered in India.
Commenting on the two cases of new UK Covid-19 strain detected in Kashmir valley, he said administration has started comprehensive contact tracing of the duo.
It is to mention here that the number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 has climbed to 82 in India.
The Health Ministry has said that the number of such people stood at 73 till January 6 “The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 82,” the ministry said.
All the people who have tested positive for the new variant of the virus were kept in single-room isolation at designated healthcare facilities by the respective state governments, the ministry had earlier said.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. A comprehensive contact-tracing exercise has been initiated for their co-travellers, family members and others and genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, the ministry said.
The presence of the new United Kingdom variant of the virus has already been reported by several countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.(KINS)

Srinagar: Says, Postmortem must to check the reason behind deaths of young people, vaccine will lessen heart attacks.

Very young people are dying of cardaic arrests in J&K and cardiac muscle disease and defects in electric system of heart can be their cause, DAK president said on Saturday.

While talking exclusively with PTK, Dr Nisar Ul Hassan said that Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, causing the heart muscle to become enlarged, thick or rigid. In rare cases, the muscle tissue in the heart is replaced with scar tissue. As cardiomyopathy worsens, the heart becomes weaker and it can be one reason of the cardaic arrests in young people.

He said that qt syndrome that is a heart rhythm disorder that can potentially cause fast, chaotic heartbeats and long QT syndrome can be inherited or caused by a medication or condition. It often goes undiagnosed or is misdiagnosed as a seizure disorder, such as epilepsy.

Moreover, the heart attack may be another reason of cardiac arrest, he said, adding that exact reason can be known only through postmortem.

He said the number of heart attack and stroke patients at Kashmir hospitals doubles in winter.

“There is an increase in the number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes during winter months,” he said

“Not only elderly people, but young and healthy individuals come to hospitals with massive heart attacks and strokes. Some of them are brought dead,” he said .

DAK President said winter chill increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. “Research shows that there are up to 53 percent more heart attacks in winter than in summer,” he said.

Among those already at high risk due to raised blood pressure, smoking or being overweight the increase is 30 percent,” he said.

“Frigid temperatures constrict blood vessels that increase blood pressure which makes it suffer heart attack or stroke,” he said adding “the blood tends to be thicker and stickier during extreme cold which makes it easier to clot.”

If you catch the virus, you are at an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Covid-19 causes acute and severe inflammation that builds up fat deposits in the inner walls of the blood vessels. These fat deposits dislodge and get stuck in the heart or brain where they block the blood flow,” he said.

“Lack of sunlight during winter leaves people vitamin D deficient which is associated with increased risk of dying from heart attack or stroke,” he said.

Dr Hassan said ‘we know preexisting heart disease is a risk factor for higher mortality in COVID-19 patients, but recent evidence shows that the novel virus can cause heart injury even in people without underlying heart issues’.

“Lung injury has taken the centre stage as the most dreaded complication of COVID-19, but heart damage has recently emerged as yet another grim outcome in the virus repertoire of complications,” he said.

The DAK president said more people actually die of heart disease rather than pneumonia. “Cardiac complications have been found to contribute 40 per cent of deaths related to Covid-19,” he said.

He said COVID-19 infection causes acute and severe inflammation throughout the body that builds up fat deposits in the inner walls of blood vessels. “These fat deposits dislodge and get stuck in the heart or brain, where they block the blood flow. COVID-19 infection activates blood cells and clotting system leading to increased risk of blood clots,” he said.

“The new findings would help doctors to recognize red flags in patients with Covid-19 infection and provide earlier intervention and save lives,” he added.

Vaccine lessens the risk of heart attack and it must be given to public at an earliest, he said, adding that people should quit smoking and take healthy diet and should avoid moving out in very cold weather.

Moreover Sress is a risk factor for heart disease, it could be because chronic stress exposes your body to unhealthy, persistently elevated levels of stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. Studies also link stress to changes in the way blood clots, which increases the risk of heart attack, he said adding that young people here are under stress due to the situation in J&K, unemployment issues and other things.

He said that there is need to provide proper counselling to these young people instead of drugs. (PTK)

‘SDM pitches for their suspension’

Baramulla: Sub-District Magistrate made a surprise visit to Trauma Hospital located in Pattan town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district and found at least ten staffers including five doctors absent from duties.

Among those who were found absent were President of one of the factions of Doctors Association Kashmir Dr Suhail Nayak, Dr Asim Rather (USG) Dr Zeeza (Dentist) , Dr Mehmooda (Dentist) , Dr Arshid Hussain (Physician) and others.

During the inspection SDM Pattan also found NRHM, Dental, RNTCP, USG Sections locked.

SDM Pattan Syed Faheem told news agency KNT that he made the surprise visit at around 1:15 PM after receiving complaints that in absence of doctors and para-medical staff, patients are suffering immensely. “I was told most of the patients who visit the Trauma Hospital from far flung areas return back, when they found doctors absent. This is unacceptable and during my visit I found ten employees absent,” he said.

Syed Faheem added that he has recommended their suspension before Deputy Commissioner Baramulla till then Block Medical Officer has been asked to withhold the salaries of these employees.

A couple of patients who talked to KNT demanded stern action against the absentees saying snowfall can’t be an excuse for a doctor on whom ailing patients rely. (KNT)

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