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 some mysterious diseases. According to official sources, the children died allegedly due to negligence because the only hospital in the area—SDH Ramnagar has been running without a paediatrician despite repeated reminders […]
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 group of aspirants told Kashmir Reader that the selection for Senior Residency posts in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Dentistry was conducted by the SKIMS administration to […]
Experts to examine samples of deceased children, drinking water source and drugs consumed by affected children
Srinagar: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has deployed a five member expert team to district Udhampur for investigating child deaths at Ramnagar block due to some mysterious disease. Dr Anila Koul, an Epidemiologist at the Directorate of Health Services Jammu, told Kashmir Reader that the central team comprising paediatricians, microbiologists […]
Srinagar: Hundreds of neighbourhoods in Srinagar and Budgam districts of the Valley on Friday plunged into darkness after the 33 kilowatt power supply line got snapped due to ‘bad weather’. The line supplies electricity to vast areas in Srinagar and Budgam. According to locals, there were unscheduled power outages since morning and electricity was yet […]
Doctors say frequent shutdowns put patients at risk
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 electricity supply to the health institution in the Valley. According to doctors, Sub-district hospital (SDH) Hazratbal doesn’t have a dedicated power connection from the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) despite […]
Srinagar: More than 200 consultant posts are vacant in health department as the officials have failed to complete the procedure for the promotions of medical officers since 2016. According to official sources, about 217 posts of consultants available under promotion quota in the health department are vacant for last four years because no meeting of […]
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 of work experience over the years. Official sources told Kashmir Reader that the administrative council headed by the Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu has asked government of India to relax rules […]
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 three years. The multi-storey hospital building at Lal Ded hospital approved by the World Bank in 2017 under Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP) is first of its kind using […]
Demand government lift the ban on internet immediately
Srinagar: Journalists on Monday termed the ongoing internet shutdown in Kashmir as an ‘indirect ban’ on media and demanded immediate restoration of internet to media fraternity. Speaking at an interactive session organised by Kashmir Press Club at its premises here, journalists from editors and journalists associations said that such a situation is unprecedented in the […]
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 have failed to repair them over the years. According to official figures, there are around 4,533 biomedical equipments non-operational in 533 hospitals run by the Department of Health in different districts […]