SRINAGAR, Sept. 24 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government is taking measures to restore and maintain ventilators at Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla to ensure uninterrupted critical-care services, Health and Medical Education Minister Sakeena Itoo informed the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Replying to a Calling Attention Motion moved by MLA Javid Hassan Baig during the Autumn Session, Itoo said the government had accorded priority to ensuring the availability and functionality of critical-care equipment in government medical institutions.
The minister informed the House that GMC Baramulla has 14 ventilators, including five Hamilton, five Evolution and four Oxivent units. She said all the machines are imported and require specia...