COVID-19: After Jammu, routine surgeries at Kashmir hospitals deferred too
Jammu, May 5: After Jammu, authorities in Kashmir, too, on Wednesday ordered deferment of all elective and routine surgeries in government as well as private health institutions in the valley amid continuing upsurge in COVID-19.
News agency GNS quoted an order by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole confirming the development saying that prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic in Kashmir Division demands optimal utilization of available resources so that the existing infrastructure/ healthcare facilities are not overstretched to the hilt.
It said the main focus of the healthcare system at this juncture is management of Covid-19 positive cases for which majority of the resources at present of the healthcare system have been diverted.
However, cases where there are pressing or dire medical exigencies and the benefits of such procedure outweigh the risk related to Covid-19 situation and its fallout, have been exempted from the order.
Besides, emergency services, critical care required for co-morbid patients, dialysis patients, once surgeries and MCH services shall continue as usual, the order said.