Chaos in J&K hospitals, corona tally rises to 48 13 PRISONERS RELEASED TO DECONGEST JAILS IN J&K
Photographs and videos portraying purported chaotic conditions in some of Jammu and Kashmir hospitals have gone viral on social media as the Covid-19 tally in UT went up further on Monday with 10 more persons testing positive for the deadly virus.
One of the photographs showed stray dogs roaming freely along a corridor of Srinagar’s government-run Chest Disease Hospital designated as a facility for Covid-19 patients. A pinned tweet read, “I’m shocked, I was just talking over phone to my cousin and another patient — both Covid-19 +ve patients at CD Hospital. Dogs are in ward attacking patients. Also doctors asked them to get medicines from outside. Is this our healthcare system level?
However, in another tweet, same person Khalid Rathore said that his cousin’s medical reports clearly show him as suspect for Covid-19 but he has been put together with confirmed positive cases. “Just checked medical reports of my cousin, which clearly show suspect for Covid-19 that means he has not been yet confirmed +ve for the same. Then, why has he been kept with +ve cases
In order to decongest jails in Jammu and Kashmir considering the threat posed by Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19, the authorities on Monday ordered release of thirteen more persons from various jails in the Union Territory (UT) after revoking their detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).
Those set free are mainly local youth belonging to various parts of Kashmir Valley detained by the authorities ahead or immediately after the Centre stripped J&K of its special status and split it up into two Union Territories (UTs) on August 5 last year.
where he can easily and is likely to get infected?”
Last week, a woman suspected to have been stuck by the disease had fled the hospital in the dead of the night and later reported at Srinagar’s Sher-iKashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS). Her family had sought to justify her act saying she left the hospital after a horde of stray dogs entered the premises. Srinagar’s mayor Junaid
The official sources said that J&K’s Home Department issued orders for their release after revoking their detention order. Under the PSA introduced in J&K in 1978 initially to deal with timber smuggling but later used by successive governments against their political opponents, a person can be detained for a period of six months to two years without the authorities seeking a formal trial.
Prior to and immediately after August 5, 2019, dozens of J&K’s politicians and other activists and members of civil society and trade groups besides thousands of common youth were taken into preventive custody by the police.
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At the weekend, as many as 26 Covid-19 suspects jumped quarantine at Srinagar’s Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) Hospital amidst chaos triggered by a violent protest over poor medical facilities.
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