indiaUpdated: Aug 28, 2020 14:58 ISTThe Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday quashed an earlier order, considered discriminatory, and allowed home quarantine for asymptomatic Covid 19 cases in Jammu province like it is being done in the Kashmir Valley. However, in a striking contrast to government’s claims of augmenting health infrastructure to effectively tackle Covid 19 pandemic in Jammu and Kashmir, the government medical college and hospital (GMCH) in Jammu is bursting at the seams during these testing times. GMCH Jammu is a major referral hospital where patients from all the 10 districts of the region are referred and treated. “Government medical colleges and hospitals in nine other districts of Jammu province are referring even asymptomatic Covid cases to us. As a result there’s 100 percent bed occupancy in GMCH Jammu,” he said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 28, 2020 08:21 UTC