{"id":30938,"date":"2020-08-08T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=30938"},"modified":"2020-08-08T17:25:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T11:55:58","slug":"dialysis-patients-being-ignored-at-skims-cant-afford-treatment-at-private-clinics-say-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=30938","title":{"rendered":"Dialysis patients being ignored at SKIMS \u2018Can\u2019t afford treatment at Private Clinics, say patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kangan<\/strong>: The Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown to contain its spread seem to be taking a toll on dialysis patients here in Kangan area of Ganderbal district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are over 30 dialysis patients in Sub-Division Kangan who are blaming SKIMS Soura of ignoring them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dialysis is a process that purifies blood using a machine in case of a kidney failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the patients, Mushtaq Ahmed Kaloo told news agency KNT that doctors at SKIMS Soura Srinagar throw dialysis patients out citing influx of Covid-19 patients as reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can\u2019t afford private treatment as it will cost enormous sum of money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dialysis patients from Kangan said that SKIMS face staff crunch due to the lockdown, while they are being asked to wait as hospital is now busy dealing with Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A medico on condition of anonymity said that Dialysis patients already have a compromised immunity, which makes them susceptible to catching Covid-19 infection. So for such patients, visiting SKIMS where Covid patients are treated is fraught with challenges. (KNT)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kangan: The Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown to contain its spread seem to be taking a toll on dialysis patients here in Kangan area of Ganderbal district. There are over 30 dialysis patients in Sub-Division Kangan who are blaming SKIMS Soura of ignoring them. Dialysis is a process that purifies blood using a machine in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30938","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\/30938","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=30938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}