Published 09:24 IST, August 30th 2019
J&K: 'No health crisis', clarifies IAS officer busting fearmongering
Quashing aside the claims by international media about the medical crisis in J&K, IAS officers in the state said that the availability of medicines are ample
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Quashing aside the claims by international media about the medical crisis in J&K, IAS officers in the state said that there is nothing such things and the availability of medicines are ample. Earlier, governor Satya Pal Malik also rubbished the claims of the medical crisis. Even as the Centre and the forces are trying their best to restore normalcy in the valley, Pakistan has been peddling fake news. In the recent incident, Police officer Imtiyaz Hussain said that there is absolute propaganda that is being spread by the international media. Another officer Shahid Chaudhary gave a detailed list of surgeries and treatments going on in the hospital. He ensured that all the hospitals are functioning in Kashmir and said " I see people getting angry and abusive finding rebuttal of such panicky reportage. Instead of that bring cases to my knowledge, I assure personal attention even as 94% doctors are on duty." Here are the tweets:
This one is absolute propaganda. There is nothing of the sort as claimed in this news story. There is no shortage of medicine, no so called clampdown. All hospitals all over Kashmir are functioning normally. @WSJ https://t.co/QIuvPxBSKX
— Imtiyaz Hussain (@hussain_imtiyaz) August 29, 2019
Here are some post Aug 5 details of surgeries:
— Shahid Choudhary (@listenshahid) August 29, 2019
LD hospital -1168, SMHS -682,
Bone and joint hospital -800,
Superspeciality -382, SKIMS -410. Total -3442
It's absolutely in consonance with our monthly average this year.
Army chief to visit J&K
Days after NSA Ajit Doval visited Jammu and Kashmir and reviewed the security situation in the valley, army chief Bipin Rawat is scheduled to visit Srinagar on August 30. This is the first visit of the army chief after abrogation of Article 370, and he will review the security situation in the valley. Along with the security functionaries continuously visiting the valley to speed up process of normalcy, the Central government is sending teams from various department. The teams are tasked to find out the projects appropriate and the government schemes that are not implemented in the valley. After NSA Ajit Doval interacted with the locals in the valley including celebrating Eid with the forces, Army Chief's visit is a major visit in the valley as far as security front is concerned. Meanwhile, defence minister Rajnath Singh visited Leh on Thursday.
Abrogation of Article 370
On August 5, India abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Parliament also bifurcated the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu Kashmir, and Ladakh. Reacting to India's decision, Pakistan expelled the Indian High Commissioner soon after deciding to downgrade the diplomatic ties with New Delhi. India has categorically told the international community that its move to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution is its internal matter and has also advised Pakistan to accept the reality. As a preventive measure, Centre also placed leaders in Kashmir - Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti into detention, and ordered communication backout and curfew was imposed. However after a week, several communication facilities were resumed. 23 days after the abrogation, Centre claims that situtaion is normal, however some restrictions in the valley are still in place.
08:41 IST, August 30th 2019