Jammu, Sept. 28 -- National Conference President and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah on Monday spoke to Union Minister for Health Harsh Vardhan and raised the issue pertaining to 'almost defunct' health service in the Jammu region, with hospitals running short of oxygen and ventilators amid alarming surge in COVID-19 cases.
In a tele-conversation, Dr Abdullah referred to the panic-like situation among people, who feel vulnerable in the absence of a credible health support system.
He dwelt upon elaborately on inadequate allocation of bed strength for the pandemic cases and failure in setting up of make-shift hospitals to meet the most challenging situation.
This could hugely impact the fight against coronavirus, resulting in insecuri...