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De-addition center at Amphalla hospital, defunct for last three years


BY TAHIR MUSHTAQ

GNS JAMMU, July 17: Notwithstanding the tall claims of state government that a number of steps are being taken to eradicate the menace of drugs addiction, the lone drug de-addiction centre of winter capital at Government Psychiatry Hospital is lying defunct for the past three years. 
According to the sources this the drug de-addiction center was establish to cure the drug addicted people of the region but due to one reason or the other the concern department is unable to make it fully functional from long time. 
Sources further said that there is a acute shortage of such centres running by the state government so government should come forward to help the needy people who wants to leave the bad addictions of smoking and drinking. 
They further revealed that private doctors provide only consultation which is not helpful to get them out of drug addiction as proper care, 24 hour supervision and specialized staff and doctors are the basic requirements which sans in these institutions. 
But from last three years the government is failed to provide the same left people helplessly. 
It is pertinent to mention here that de-addition centres in meant to treat the person suffering from addiction of smoking and drinking. 
Drug de-addiction treatment is very sensitive and critical in nature which involved proper care of the victim. 
When contacted Head of Psychiatry Hospital Dr Jagdish Raj Thappa said that due to the shortage of medical and paramedical staff in the hospital the department is not able to start the centre. 
Dr Thappa further said that on every Wednesday and Firday we have started a Out Patient Department (OPD) in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu. 
However, the indoor facility is still not available in the hospital due to the unavailability of staff as the department has only two doctors at present to cope up the OPD unit only. 
“Within four months the government is going to start a 26 bedded de-addiction indoor centre besides 100 bedded Psychiatry Hospital the work of which is in progress” said Dr Thappa. 
Regarding the recruitment of the state Dr Thappa disclosed that we have sent the proposal to the higher authorities for two posts of lecturer, one for assistant professor, four clinical staff besides consultant and nursing staff.

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