Jammu, June 3 -- At a time when COVID-19 cases are once again rising across Jammu & Kashmir and the rest of the country, serious questions are being raised once again about the healthcare infrastructure in the Union Territory.
Due to a shortage of beds at GMC Hospital Jammu, a patient was made to lie on the floor with an IV drip on his hand. A male patient, who was admitted to General Surgery Ward at GMC Jammu, was later forced to share his bed when another patient was admitted.
Owing to the lack of available beds, the newly admitted patient was adjusted onto the same bed (Bed No. ...). In protest, the original patient got off the bed and sat on the floor. Despite his protest, the on-duty doctors ignored him and left him there. After some...