Barzulla's Bone & Joint Hospital Lacks Echo Facility

The Bone and Joint Hospital in Barzulla, Srinagar one of Kashmir's premier orthopedic government hospitals continues to lack a critical medical facility: the echocardiogram (Echo) test, causing immense hardships for patients, especially those in critical condition.

- Agencies

Due to the non-availability of the Echo test, even emergency and surgical patients are forced to travel in ambulances to associate hospitals like Shireen Bagh in Karan Nagar to get this basic cardiac examination done. The absence of this facility in a tertiary care hospital has raised serious concerns over the government's healthcare planning.

"When the government is claiming to provide the best facilities in public hospitals, how can such an essential test be missing from a critical hospital like this?" asked a visibly distressed patient who had to undergo the ordeal late last night.