Srinagar: Several drivers say they are victims of a parking scam in Sub-District Hospital Sopore in North Kashmirs Baramulla district.
The drivers told CNS that hospital staff charges Rs 20 for parking a vehicle in the premises of the hospital but the irony is that hospital authorities instead of providing a proper receipt hand over hospital tickets to us that are meant for the patients.
Reports said that the parking practice in the hospital was started during the tenure of the then Medical Superintendent Dr Masood Shah, presently MS District Hospital Baramullah who reportedly had allotted this parking lot to hospital employee without flouting any tender.
The practice to issue hospital tickets instead of proper parking receipt continues. We dont know in whose coffers this parking money goes. It is a scam and the matter needs to be probed. No record about the income generated through parking slot is being maintained anywhere, said an insider on condition of anonymity adding that money will only go to Hospital Development Fund if proper receipts are given to drivers.
Medical Superintendent Dr Sami told CNS that they will soon outsource this parking slot to any private person. Issuing medical tickets instead of proper parking receipts is a temporary arrangement just in place not to lose revenue, he said and added the proper record is maintained about the revenue generated through parking slot inside the hospital. (CNS)
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