{"id":24215,"date":"2020-04-21T21:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T16:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/smhs-shifts-covid-19-isolation-to-casualty-doctors-says-itll-lead-to-disaster\/"},"modified":"2020-04-21T21:51:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T16:21:50","slug":"smhs-shifts-covid-19-isolation-to-casualty-doctors-says-itll-lead-to-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=24215","title":{"rendered":"SMHS Shifts COVID-19 Isolation To Casualty, Doctors Says It\u2019ll Lead To Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Srinagar:<\/strong> The SMHS hospital Srinagar has shifted COVID-19 isolation ward to casualty, triggering concern among doctors and general patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of doctors who spoke to GNS said that the decision will lead to a disaster and requested the authorities to reconsider the decision. Rather, they urged them to shift the isolation ward where there is least public movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe casualty itself means that there will be the rush of patients which cannot be controlled as all of them are acute cases,\u201d a doctor said but requested anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposite to the isolation ward, the doctor says, is the medicine casualty ward and whosoever comes out from there will have to pass through the same lobby as the isolation ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are many wards in the hospital which are lying vacant but the administration has failed to create an isolation ward in those places for reasons better known to them,\u201d the doctor added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another doctor said that the way to CT scan and X-ray is through the isolation ward. \u201cThere is no justification in having the isolation ward in the casualty which is a common pathway for all the patients and staff,\u201d the doctor, who also urged not be named, said. \u201cI can tell you, the SMHS hospital is going to burst anytime with the infection of coronavirus,\u201d the doctor said, adding, \u201cThe word isolation means that there should be nobody around and imagine medicine casualty just opposite to isolation and then CT and X-ray share the common way\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The doctor said that the wards are lying vacant but the administration is unable to shift the isolation in any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official from the administration termed the decision unfair and perplexing. \u201cThe decision seems to be deliberate as it would ensure patients despite complication will avoid visiting the hospital,\u201d the official said. \u201cIt seems to be an unjust decision and needed to be reconsidered immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When contacted by GNS, Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr Nazir Choudhary refused to comment over the decision and requested to contact GMC authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, repeated attempts to reach the GMC principal over the phone for the comment did not fructify. (GNS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The SMHS hospital Srinagar has shifted COVID-19 isolation ward to casualty, triggering concern among doctors and general patients. A number of doctors who spoke to GNS said that the decision will lead to a disaster and requested the authorities to reconsider the decision. Rather, they urged them to shift the isolation ward where there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24215","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\/24215","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=24215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24215\/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=24215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}