Srinagar: Citing troubles, scores of patients on Monday staged a protest at CD hospital, as the primary Chest Diseases hospital in Srinagar have switched to online registration for Outpatient Department. OPD.
“The hospital management has switched over to online registration at OPD and patients are given OPD tickets, medical prescription via online mode,” a protesting patient said.
All of this is time consuming and everyone cannot has hold on using smart phones, he said.
“I am standing in the queue outside registration counter since 9 am and still I haven’t got any ticket. What should I do with the online system when my health condition is getting worse by standing in the queue for such long time,” said a patient, who had come from north Kashmir’s Pattan.
Meanwhile, medical superintendent CD hospital, Dr Saleem Tak acknowledged that the online registration and prescription system was time consuming and said that it was done for the convenience of the patients and to tackle patient rush at the hospital.
He also said that since there is lack of space in the hospital, they are trying to explore alternative options so that patients don’t have to suffer.
“Till CD hospital is shifted to GB Pant hospital, as suggested by the government, they will try to explore alternative options and will try to install more registration counters at present location to tackle patient rush,” he said.
“As of now there is no official order to shift the old CD hospital to GB Pant hospital in Sonwar area,” he added.
(KNO)
