Citing “security reasons”, most private airline carriers are refusing to carry vital pathological samples and certain electronic goods from the Valley, stakeholders said here today. They said the move has been badly affecting healthcare sector and online shopping business.
Owners of several courier companies told Greater Kashmir that pathological items like blood samples being stored in dry ice are being refused to be carried by the private airlines.
“Only the Air India accepts these shipments and is always cooperative with the courier companies. Patients whose medical examinations need to be done after taking their samples outside the Valley are at the receiving end,” said ZahoorQari, president Kashmir Courier Association.
Qari said the courier companies are forced to send the samples to hospitals and laboratories outside the Valley through surface transport which is time consuming.
Qari said that the cargo-laden vehicles not getting permission to enter the Srinagar airport premises before 8 am “also acts as a hurdle for sending emergency samples for medical examinations”.
He said the courier companies have approached the airport authorities on various occasions to apprise them of the issue but to no avail.
04/04/19 Saqib Malik/Greater Kashmir
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Owners of several courier companies told Greater Kashmir that pathological items like blood samples being stored in dry ice are being refused to be carried by the private airlines.
“Only the Air India accepts these shipments and is always cooperative with the courier companies. Patients whose medical examinations need to be done after taking their samples outside the Valley are at the receiving end,” said ZahoorQari, president Kashmir Courier Association.
Qari said the courier companies are forced to send the samples to hospitals and laboratories outside the Valley through surface transport which is time consuming.
Qari said that the cargo-laden vehicles not getting permission to enter the Srinagar airport premises before 8 am “also acts as a hurdle for sending emergency samples for medical examinations”.
He said the courier companies have approached the airport authorities on various occasions to apprise them of the issue but to no avail.
04/04/19 Saqib Malik/Greater Kashmir
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