Jammu, 21/Apr/2020: Making a fervent appeal to the J & K
Union Territory administration led by Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu to take cognizance of plight of non-Covid
patients also and ensure their treatment in government as well as private
hospitals.
RTI activists Raman Sharma has appealed the J & K
government to invoke section 24 of the Disaster Management Act 2005 to ensure
that reluctant private medical practitioners, hospitals and nursing homes do
not deprive the citizens of required medical aid amidst the corona pandemic.
Sharma said that unfortunately amidst the pandemic outbreak
many private medical practitioners, hospitals and nursing homes have stopped treating
even the non-COVID patients whereas these same private hospitals and doctors
were providing services to these patients for years and decades.
In his appeal the activist
said when the entire government medical health institutions are engaged
in dealing with the patient suffering from Corono virus almost many private
medical practitioners have stopped working. He appealed the J & K government to invoke
section 24 of the disaster management act to continue their services.
It is pertinent to mention here that section
24 of the DM Act 2005 defines Powers and
functions of State Executive Committee in the event of threatening disaster and
allows the State/UT government to
utilize the services and facilities of any government as well as any individual
or any private entity for the purpose of making these available resources for the use in emergency response, rescue and relief and procure
exclusive or preferential use of amenities from any authority or person as and
when required.
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