Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a meeting with officials at the Secretariat on Tuesday, January 14. In the meeting, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami summoned a report on the problems of Pauri District Hospital. Also, CM Dhami directed the Pauri District Magistrate and Health Department to immediately provide all the basic facilities in Pauri District Hospital.
Apart from this, CM Dhami has directed to immediately provide additional three lakh rupees from the Chief Minister’s Discretionary Fund to the families of the people who died in the Pauri bus accident and one lakh each to the seriously injured. Let us tell you that earlier the government had announced to provide financial assistance of four lakh rupees to the families of the people who died in the Pauri bus accident and one lakh each to the seriously injured. At the same time, now three lakh rupees will be given to the families of the deceased. And one lakh rupees each to the injured.
The Chief Minister also directed to investigate the causes of the bus accident and take action if negligence is found on the part of the officials of the Transport Department. It is worth noting that on Sunday evening the bus fell into a deep gorge in Pauri Garhwal. 6 people died in this accident, while 22 people were injured. The injured were admitted to Pauri District Hospital, but the injured were not able to get proper treatment in Pauri Hospital, due to which the local people created a lot of ruckus. Apart from this, on Monday, the local traders also expressed their anger by closing the city market over the poor health facilities of Pauri District Hospital. Actually, when the injured of the Pauri bus accident were brought to Pauri District Hospital, there was a power outage there. Due to which the doctors treated the injured in the light of mobile torch. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took cognizance of all these things and held a meeting with the officials in the Secretariat and asked the Pauri Garhwal District Magistrate and Health Department to provide basic facilities immediately. The Chief Minister said that now a network of health services is available in far flung areas of Uttarakhand. In such a situation, there should be no shortage in the treatment of seriously ill or injured people in hospitals. For this, availability of basic facilities as well as essential medicines and medical staff should be ensured at all times in hospitals across the state.
