Authorities bring her back after 12 hours; Persons kept under quarantine says lack of facilities reason behind fleeing centre
Naveed Ul Haq
Budgam: A woman along with two children had escaped from administrative quarantine centre in Budgam district while the officials have managed to bring her back to the centre after twelve hours.
Persons kept under quarantine told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the administrative quarantine centres in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) School Budgam and Govt Degree College Charar-i-sharief lack proper facilities, saying that they have been facing hardships in absence of the proper arrangements by the concerned authorities.
A person at Quarantine Centre JNV Budgam said that “on Monday evening, a woman from Charar-i-sharief who was kept under quarantine along with her two little children fled from the centre due to lack of facilities.”
She along with her two children were brought back after twelve hours on Tuesday morning, they said adding that the trio had spent a night at their relatives home.
Besides lack of facilities, the people kept there have also complained of unhygienic food and contaminated water, which they said increase the chances of getting more exposed to infections.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganaie and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) couldn’t be contacted for the comment—(KNO)
