Vendors stop cardiac supplies to Jammu hospital over unpaid dues; HC takes note of crisis

JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh precocious tribunal (HC) Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of a shocking lapse astatine Government Super Speciality Hospital (GSSH), Jammu, wherein cardiac attraction services reportedly remained paralysed for 2 days aft registered vendors allegedly stopped supplying exigency cardiac devices implicit unpaid dues, amounting to astir Rs 30 crore, nether Ayushman Bharat scheme.HC was informed astir the concern portion it was proceeding 4 PILs seeking directions for capable aesculapian facilities and infrastructure successful superior cities and municipality areas, too regularisation and monitoring of backstage nursing homes and aesculapian institutes arsenic per govt guidelines.A seat of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal noted that, arsenic per paper reports placed earlier it, the proviso of stents, pacemakers, balloons and cath laboratory consumables to GSSH remained suspended — connected Monday and Tuesday — implicit the pending payments, bringing the hospital’s cath laboratory operations to a grinding halt.While GSSH usually performs astir 25 cardiac procedures daily, not a azygous heart-related involution could beryllium carried retired during this period, placing susceptible cardiac patients astatine superior risk, the seat noted.HC posted the adjacent proceeding for December 29.Late Tuesday, the authoritative spokesperson of GMC Jammu — with which GSSH is affiliated — said the wellness section had “directed GMC Jammu to put supplies from alternate vendors and different institutions, including AIIMS Vijaypur, GMC Srinagar, SKIMS and PGIMER Chandigarh and consequently, cardiac services were restored forthwith”.