Srinagar: The health department has abandoned Kashmir Nursing Home on the Gupkar Road here as no surgery or evening clinic is being run there for last five months. According to official sources, the evening OPD facility started in 2012 by the Health and Medical Education department has been closed by the Government Medical College (GMC) […]
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 more than four months. The Tele-medicine network of SKIMS is running at 11 designated centers including Government Medical Colleges in Jammu and Srinagar, district hospitals of Kathua, Leh, Poonch, Doda, Kupwara […]
Srinagar: Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar has been forced to make purchase of emergency items on its own as the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL) failed to supply drugs and dental material on time. According to officials, the GDC has purchased several machines and drugs locally bypassing the JKMSCL after facing inordinate […]
Rs 6.5 crore sanctioned by GoI but R&B dept delays the project
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 and Family Welfare for Rs 6.5 crore project in 2015. According to sources, the multi-crore project missed almost ten deadlines in the past because the construction process was halted several times […]
SRINAGAR: The Health and Medical Education department is mulling to remove the District Hospital Baramulla from a list of hospitals and health institutions availing free repair facility of defunct equipment under the Biomedical Equipment Management and Maintenance Program (BEMMP), Kashmir Reader has learnt. According to official sources, the National Health Mission J&K has proposed that […]
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 included Azaan Javaid of The Print and Anees Zargar of Newsclick. According to the duo, they were at the spot to cover students’ protest when policemen deployed there thrashed them. “We […]
Search for makeshift campus begins; health dept yet to transfer civil work to CPWD
Srinagar: The government has decided to start academic session at the upcoming All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) Awantipora next year. However, the class work will be held at the makeshift campus in Srinagar almost 30 kilometers away from the proposed site of the campus in south Kashmir. The Health and Medical department, which is coordinating […]
Authorities impeding government backed repair programme, desire CT scan made functional first
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 Hospital, Baramulla for many years. According to official sources, the authorities have failed to repair many diagnostic, surgical and critical care equipments in the Government District Hospital Baramulla after 2006 forcing […]
Only 15 patients benefited at five tertiary care hospitals associated with GMC Jmu, Sgr
Srinagar: The prestigious medical assistance scheme Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi which can provide financial assistance up to Rs 15 lakh has been unsuccessful in benefiting poor patients in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the official data, the major tertiary care hospitals of J&K have failed to recommend names of poor patients for free medical aid from […]
Srinagar: Doctors in Kashmir on Thursday said that unrestrained exposure to fog can lead to serious health complications among children as they are more prone to upper respiratory tract infections. They said that parents should be more careful while sending their children outdoors as the infection due to the severe cold wave and foggy weather […]