Such acts done to mint money, promotion, says Prez PDCA Kashmir
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 21 :
Four diagnostic centres were allegedly sealed in the Rohama block of Baramulla as they have failed to submit the details which according to them are already lying before the government.
Four diagnostic centres namely Life Care Diagnostic Centre, LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services, Gousia Clinical Lab and Lalpath Labs Collection center were sealed as they have failed to submit the information which has been sought by a person under RTI.
Private Diagnostic Centre Association District Baramulla in his letter to CMO Baramulla has said that information sought is very personal and as private institutions they are not supposed to give details to anyone.
President of the association from Baramulla while talking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that if a person has sought information from the government, it is the government who has to answer him, not the private Institutions.
He said that whatever information has been sought by the RTI applicant has been already submitted at the directorate office and CMO office at the time of registration, “then for what our centers have been sealed.”
“If the applicant is seeking information of many districts then why only few centres of Rohama are being made scapegoats,” he said.
President Private diagnostic centres association Kashmir Umar Dhar told KNO that for promotion and to mint money such acts are being done on ground.
“We are being harassed without any provocation and to hide their failures Pvt diagnostic centres are being made scapegoats,” Dhar said.
They requested director health and other higher ups to personally look into the matter.
“Higher ups asked us to submit all details of private diagnostic centres working in our jurisdiction and it will take them a minute to provide this information,” he said.
He said that the association has submitted a letter that they are not bound to give information to anyone but the direction office had rejected their claim and said that anyone can seek information from them.
“Whatever information private centres submit at time of registration, they submit it at Direction office but now direction office has sought information from us and if they don’t provide us the details then what we will submit,” he said.
“Higher ups have pressured that action will be taken against the defaulter BMO as centres working in jurisdiction of other BMOs have already submitted information,” he said. “If they don’t have any problem, then why are few centres creating problems for me and themselves as well.”
BMO Rohama Mohammed Asif said that centres were sealed only as they failed to submit the information sought from them—(KNO)