{"id":22738,"date":"2020-04-02T19:07:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=22738"},"modified":"2020-04-02T19:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:37:45","slug":"provided-accommodation-to-nurses-who-have-asked-for-principal-gmc-sgr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=22738","title":{"rendered":"Provided accommodation to nurses who have asked for: Principal GMC Sgr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SRINAGAR, April 2:<\/strong> With hospitals facing tough times to deal with COVID-19, authorities on Thursday claimed they have provided accommodation to nurses and paramedics who have asked for.<br \/>\nPrincipal Government Medical College Srinagar Dr Samia Rashid claimed they have provided accommodation to nurses and paramedics who have asked for.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have arranged accommodation not only for doctors but also to those nurses who come forward. There are 30 rooms available at circuit house for staff of microbiology and nurses,\u201d she told Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS) over phone.<br \/>\nDr Samia said it was not possible to arrange buses for entire staff of GMC Srinagar associated hospitals.<br \/>\n\u201cSix buses are plying on various routes. But we have to be little careful and keep social distancing,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nAsked there were complaints that five nurses were sharing one room at CD Hospital, Dr Samia said she was not aware of.<br \/>\nHer reaction came a day after KINS reported how nurses in Kashmir are fighting valiantly against coronavirus in absence of protective gear.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are not given proper protective gear. We are risking our lives but we have to fight this battle together,\u201d said a nurse at CD Hospital Srinagar.<br \/>\nThe nurse said they were facing shortage of accommodations. \u201cAt least five nurses have to share one small room adjacent to ward. We have to share washroom with attendants. Nobody is concerned about us,\u201d another nurse has said.<br \/>\nParveena Khan, president of the nurses association has said government needs to protect nurses who work 24&#215;7 in hospitals.<br \/>\nShe said hospitals can run smoothly only when nurses are given protective gear. \u201cWe can fight COVID-19 only when we nurses are properly protected. But there is no accommodation for nurses. We too are part of same society. Health should be our priority but with facilities,\u201d she added.(KINS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR, April 2: With hospitals facing tough times to deal with COVID-19, authorities on Thursday claimed they have provided accommodation to nurses and paramedics who have asked for. Principal Government Medical College Srinagar Dr Samia Rashid claimed they have provided accommodation to nurses and paramedics who have asked for. \u201cWe have arranged accommodation not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}