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GMC Baramulla faces shortage of emergency drugs for four months
Government Medical College Baramulla, the tertiary-care referral centre for north Kashmir, has been without essential emergency medicines for the last four months. Drugs including anaesthetics, Atropine used for cardiac emergencies, Hydrocortisone and…
Government Medical College Baramulla, the tertiary-care referral centre for north Kashmir, has been without essential emergency medicines for the last four months. Drugs including anaesthetics, Atropine used for cardiac emergencies, Hydrocortisone and Adiline are out of stock. An official blamed the delay on the Jammu & Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited, and said the hospital cannot buy medicines from the open market.
Doctors said the shortage complicates treatment of critically ill patients referred from district hospitals, who arrive in unstable conditions. A civil society member urged GMC authorities to procure drugs locally when government supplies are delayed. Patients and attendants have demanded uninterrupted availability of life-saving medicines at a referral hospital.
Indian Opinion Analysis
JKMSCL is the sole procurement and supply agency for all government health institutions in Jammu and Kashmir. When its supply chain stalls, hospitals have no legal authority to purchase from local vendors under the existing financial rules. A four-month gap suggests a systemic failure in procurement planning or fund release rather than a one-off logistics snag. GMC Baramulla handles the most complicated cases from north Kashmir, so any drug shortage there directly raises the risk of preventable deaths. The J&K administration now faces pressure to either expedite JKMSCL supplies or temporarily relax procurement norms, or explain why neither is happening.
Watch for: whether the health department issues a statement or order on local procurement in the coming week.
Source: greaterkashmir.com
This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
