Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that it was lack of emergency care in Sopore hospital that was responsible for Burhan’s death.
President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that timely surgical intervention could have saved three-year- old child and it was because of delay in treatment that resulted in his death.
Burhan who was shot on Friday was immediately rushed to Sopore hospital where because of lack of facilities and specialists nothing was done and patient was shifted to SKIMS.
Burhan lost golden time in transit and reached SKIMS in a morbid condition where he succumbed to injuries.
In August 12, bullet hit Bilal Bhat of Malangpora Pulwama met a similar fate when he was referred to Srinagar because of lack of emergency care in the area and died on way.
It is shocking to see patients in rural areas dying for want of emergency care.
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The healthcare in peripheries is nightmare and in fact sufferers say nightmare is an understatement.
Rural hospitals lack Accident and Emergency units which are mandatory for hospitals and crucial for saving critically ill patients.
Apart from infrastructural deficiencies lack of specialist doctors in rural hospitals deprives patients of emergency care.
It is because of concentration of facilities and manpower in city hospitals and scarcity in rural hospitals that jeopardize the lives of critically ill patients in rural areas.
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Burhan’s death is an eye-opener for policy makers and has send a clear and loud message that rural areas need facilities and specialist doctors to tackle emergencies in time and save human lives.