{"id":7520,"date":"2025-12-20T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:07:33","slug":"mla-kupwara-raises-alarm-over-mismanaged-healthcare-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/mla-kupwara-raises-alarm-over-mismanaged-healthcare-services\/","title":{"rendered":"MLA Kupwara raises alarm over &#8216;mismanaged&#8217; healthcare services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kupwara, Dec 20:\u00a0<\/strong>Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kupwara, Mir Mohammad Fayaz on Saturday expressed serious concern over the deteriorating healthcare situation in the district. He accused health department officials of deliberately undermining the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Kupwara and mishandling essential services.<\/p>\n<p>During a hospital visit, the MLA criticized the Chief Medical Officer for \u2018irresponsibly relieving a Kupwara doctor before a replacement arrived\u2019. \u201cThis disruption in medical services, he stated, caused unnecessary hardship to patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inefficiency and &#8216;politically motivated&#8217; decisions of officials have created chaos at SDH Kupwara. People are being made to suffer unnecessarily, as if the hospital has been deliberately pushed into crisis,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Kupwara MLA questioned the posting of the incumbent CMO, who previously had served as Block Medical Officer (BMO) in Kupwara for six years. \u201cWhy is the same officer repeatedly posted here? It raises serious doubts about the intentions behind such decisions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who work sincerely are being transferred, while inefficiency goes unchecked. This seems like an attempt to deepen the crisis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The MLA during the visit demanded posting of a permanent BMO at SDH Kupwara. \u201cI have raised this matter with the Director and the government many times, but they show no seriousness. On one hand, the government talks of easing public inconvenience, but on the contrary, we continue to face acute staff shortages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that patients are being forced to travel to Srinagar hospitals for basic treatment due to the shortage of doctors and facilities in Kupwara. \u201cI will now act firmly to fulfill the expectations of the people who elected me,\u201d he vowed<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kupwara, Dec 20:\u00a0Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kupwara, Mir Mohammad Fayaz on Saturday expressed serious concern over the deteriorating healthcare situation in the district. He accused health department officials of deliberately undermining the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Kupwara and mishandling essential services. During a hospital visit, the MLA criticized the Chief Medical Officer for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7521,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions\/7521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}