JAMMU, Jan 10: State government has still failed to send nearly 20 doctors for specialised training at AIIMS New Delhi and PGI Chandigarh, to man the upcoming super specialty hospital in Jammu. Sources said that the project has been drafted for the training of existing doctors for super specialty treatment, assumes a greater significance to […]
AIDS spreading its tentacles in rural areas
JAMMU, Jan 09: With the detection of increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases from rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the government has decided to involve cultural organisations and theater groups to reach out to ruralities and create awareness among them about the preventive measures against the deadly virus. Sources said that the step has been […]
GMC without fire fighting system
JAMMU, Dec 14: Despite being one of the biggest hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir, Government Medical College Hospital (GMC&H) is awaiting a major disaster as it has a defunct Central Fire Control System to deal with any major fire incident. Sources said that the multi-crore system installed in the hospital, two decades has become obsolete […]
State of Health Sector
4 OTs at GMC not functioning due to dearth of manpower JAMMU, Dec 11: While crores have been spent on up gradation of infrastructure in the hospitals across Jammu and Kashmir in past eight years, but lack of trained manpower has rendered these newly created facilities useless. One such example is the unutilized four Operation […]
Five medical faculties facing threat of de-recognisation
JAMMU, Dec 13: At a time when Omar Abdullah government is taking credit for improving the Health infrastructure in the state, nearly five medical faculties are facing threat of de-recognisation from prestigious Medical Council of India (MCI). According to the official sources, these include Neuro-surgery, Forsenic Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry faculty and Cardiology as they don’t […]
Traffic police, RTO directed to rein in on traffic violators
JAMMU, Dec 15: With hundreds of unregistered registered busses and other vehicles illegally plying on the city roads, in total disregard to the norms, administration has directed the traffic police and Regional Transport Office (RTO) to launch drive against these vehicles. These include some of the busses plying on the inter-state and inter-district routes with […]