Kashmir hospitals unprepared for disasters: DAK

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Tuesday voiced serious concern over lack of preparedness of Kashmir hospitals to tackle disasters like earthquake. President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement while expressing grief over loss of lives in yesterday’s earthquake said that hospitals in Kashmir are not prepared to deal with calamities. “Valley hospitals lack treatment and surgical capacity to deal with mass casualties during earthquake,” he said adding “they lack resources like infrastructure, staff, space and supplies to manage sudden influx of an unexpected patient load during disaster.” Dr Nisar…

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