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Toxicology tests awaited over Udhampur infant deaths

Srinagar: The health department has said that it could take several weeks for it to know what caused the death of at least 11...

GMC Principal recommends regularisation of 800 employees

SRINAGAR: Nearly 800 employees appointed under academic arrangement basis during the past 9 years in Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar have received support from...

Hectic lobbying begins for post of Principal, GMC Srinagar

Srinagar: As the term of the incumbent principal of Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, Dr Parvaiz Shah, is due to expire this month-end, hectic...

Coronavirus: No screening for travellers entering Kashmir through surface traffic

Srinagar: Even as the Coronavirus has been declared as global emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Jammu and Kashmir government is yet...

Govt planning ban on private practice of doctors

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has sought the opinion of medical college principals over the proposal of imposing blanket ban of doctors in...

Government sets up coronavirus quarantine facility in Kashmir hospitals

Srinagar: The government has decided to setup isolation wards in every district hospital and medical college of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the...

Coronavirus: Govt preparing list of students studying in China to facilitate their safe return

Srinagar: The government has asked the police and health officials to prepare a list of students who are pursuing their studies in China so...

Student from China walked out of Srinagar Airport without screening for virus

Srinagar: The health department was left scrambling early this week after it came to know about a Kashmiri student from China who had walked...

Coronavirus: High alert sounded at Srinagar, Jammu Airports

Srinagar: Authorities have sounded a high-alert at the two airports of Jammu and Kashmir to prevent any spread of Coronavirus in the region. The health...

SKIMS orders probe into death of youth due to ‘negligence’

SRINAGAR: A family of Hazratbal area in city outskirts on Tuesday accused doctors at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Soura of negligence that caused...

Health dept wakes up after death of 10 children in Udhampur, posts paediatrician

Srinagar: Finally, the health department has posted a paediatrician at Sub-district Hospital Ramnagar in Jammu’s Udhampur after 10 children lost their lives due to...

Complaints of ‘nepotism’ in appointment of senior residents at SKIMS

Srinagar: Job aspirants have accused the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura of favouritism in the appointment of Senior Residents at the institute. A...

Health ministry team investigating child deaths in Udhampur

Srinagar: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has deployed a five member expert team to district Udhampur for investigating child...

Power outages in Srinagar, elsewhere as Pampore line suffers damage

Srinagar: Hundreds of neighbourhoods in Srinagar and Budgam districts of the Valley on Friday plunged into darkness after the 33 kilowatt power supply line...

Power shutdown hits emergency services in Hazratbal hospital

Srinagar: Patient care has taken a hit at Sub-district hospital Hazratbal due to frequent electricity breakdown because the power corporation failed to provide uninterrupted...

Consultant posts vacant in health dept as DPC pending since 2016

Srinagar: More than 200 consultant posts are vacant in health department as the officials have failed to complete the procedure for the promotions of...

Govt proposes ‘one-time relaxation’ to J&K pharmacists under central Pharmacy Act

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has proposed ‘one time relaxation’ to nearly 15,000 pharmacists who have acquired the pharmacy registration on the basis...

After 3 yrs, World Bank funded construction project takes off at LD Hospital

Srinagar: The World Bank funded construction project at Kashmir’s sole maternity hospital finally has taken off after being mired in official hassles for last...

Kashmir journalists call internet shutdown ‘indirect ban’ on media

Srinagar: Journalists on Monday termed the ongoing internet shutdown in Kashmir as an ‘indirect ban’ on media and demanded immediate restoration of internet to...

27% biomedical equipment defunct in government hospitals: Survey

Srinagar: National Health Mission has declared more than 4,500 biomedical equipments as ‘dysfunctional’ in the peripheral hospitals of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh because authorities...

Doctors abandon Kashmir Nursing Home as no surgery performed for 5 months

Srinagar: The health department has abandoned Kashmir Nursing Home on the Gupkar Road here as no surgery or evening clinic is being run there...

Tele-medicine programme suspended in absence of internet

Srinagar: The prestigious Tele-medicine program of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura been suspended Kashmir because of the prevailing internet shutdown for last...

Inordinate delay in medical supplies prompts GDC to make purchases on its own

Srinagar: Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar has been forced to make purchase of emergency items on its own as the Jammu and Kashmir Medical...

4 yrs on, SMHS hospital without burn rehab center

Srinagar: Kashmir’s premier health institution—SMHS Hospital is yet to come-up with the Burn Management and Rehabilitation Center despite sanction by the Ministry of Health...

Health dept mulling to remove Baramulla hospital from GoI scheme for equipment maintenance

SRINAGAR: The Health and Medical Education department is mulling to remove the District Hospital Baramulla from a list of hospitals and health institutions availing...

Police assaults journalists in Srinagar

Srinagar: Two journalists were beaten by police outside Islamia College of Science and Commerce in Hawal area of Srinagar’s downtown on Tuesday. The journalists...

AIIMS to start academic session from Srinagar campus next year

Srinagar: The government has decided to start academic session at the upcoming All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) Awantipora next year. However, the class work...

Defunct Biomedical equipment swells at Baramulla district hospital

Srinagar: Patient care has been hit at north Kashmir’s Baramulla district as more than 125 biomedical equipments are lying defunct at the Government District...

Medical assistance scheme for poor a failure in J&K

Srinagar: The prestigious medical assistance scheme Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi which can provide financial assistance up to Rs 15 lakh has been unsuccessful in benefiting...

‘Infection due to fog can lead to hearing loss among kids’

Srinagar: Doctors in Kashmir on Thursday said that unrestrained exposure to fog can lead to serious health complications among children as they are more...

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