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Avoid exposure to cold, doctors advise people

Srinagar: Doctors have advised people especially children, aged and patients immune to cold to take precautions during the ongoing intense cold wave that has...

9 months on, government yet to clear guidelines for heath investment policy

Srinagar: The J&K government has delayed the start of ‘Health Investment Policy’ as the guidelines for the programme are yet to be finalised. According to...

SKIMS ‘pride’ of Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar: The government on Wednesday applauded the functioning of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and called it as a “pride” of Jammu, Kashmir...

Private firm accused of supplying substandard material

Srinagar: A private firm has been accused of supplying substandard equipment and fabrication material used for critical care ambulances in Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources...

Delay in recruitment hits functioning of newly established medical colleges

SRINAGAR: In the face of delay in recruitment by Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB), the newly established government medical colleges in Jammu...

Government expected to impose blanket ban on private practice of doctors

Srinagar: The health and medical education department has proposed a blanket ban on private practice of doctors including those working in district hospitals of...

Director SKIMS issues gag order for officials, doctors

Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura has issued an order asking officials and doctors of the premier institution to desist from speaking...

PSC cancels interviews as uncertainty looms over constitutionality of incumbent body

Srinagar: Uncertainty looms over the fate of Public Service Commission (PSC) after it cancelled ongoing interviews of aspirants for the post of lecturer in health...

Biomedical equipment maintenance program for hospitals faces delay in Kashmir

Srinagar: The Government of India sponsored scheme Biomedical Equipment Management and Maintenance Program (BMPP) is still way off at the hospitals in Kashmir valley...

Amid shutdown private schools to evaluate students through ‘home exam’

Srinagar: Dozens of private schools in Kashmir have resorted to a novel ‘home based exam’ to evaluate students as they missed out on class...

No specialists on night duty at JLNM hospital, critical patients turned away

Srinagar: The JLNM Hospital, Rainawari is turning away critical patients, mostly pregnant women, during late hours, for want of specialist doctors on duty. According to...

Defunct Analyser at LD Hospital adds to woes of patients

Srinagar: Patients at Kashmir’s main maternity specialty, Lal Ded Hospital, Srinagar, are facing problems as the Biochemistry Analyser, which carries Liver Function Test is...

Family accuses JLNM hospital of negligence causing stillbirth

Srinagar: Srinagar: A Srinagar family has accused the doctors at JLNM Hospital of medical negligence leading after a woman delivered a dead baby at...

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