PHC Sheeri, Baramulla becomes first Public Hospital from Kashmir Division to get NQAS Certification

SRINAGAR: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) today accorded National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification to Primary Health Center (PHC) Sheeri, Baramulla in recognition of the high standards of quality and performance maintained by the hospital. The health facility scored an overall rating of 83.6 percent and met the criteria required for […]

Make Optimal use of ventilators for Covid and Non Covid sick patients at District level Health Care delivery System: Div Com Kashmir

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting regarding status and functioning of ICUs and referral of sick patients in all health institutions of Kashmir Division. The meeting was attended by Principal GMC Srinagar Prof. Samiya Rashid, Director Health Services Kashmir Dr. Mustaq Ahmad Rather, Incharge DCCRK Tahir Ahmad Magray, Epidemiologist […]

JK ranks second in country for NCD Screening

JK ranks second in country for NCD Screening

NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir was adjudged as second best in Non Communicable Diseases Screening in the country for which an award was presented by Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare to Mission Director, NHM, J&K Yasin M. Choudhary and his team at a National level event held […]

CS for achieving 100% coverage in immunisation of children

CS for achieving 100% coverage in immunisation of children

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Health & Medical Education Department and took stock of the physical and financial targets achieved this financial year. The Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department, Director, SKIMS, concerned HoDs, Principals of all Medical Colleges and […]

94 officials in Tourism Department promoted, cleared to higher grades

94 officials in Tourism Department promoted, cleared to higher grades

SRINAGAR: As many as 94 employees of different cadres in Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir, were promoted/cleared to higher grades by the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) held under the chairmanship of Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Dr. G N Itoo. The said committee held its meeting here after a gap of four years. Besides, Director, Tourism, Kashmir as […]

NCTE, SCERT organize: ‘National Level Discussion on National Mission for Mentoring’

JAMMU: In continuation to implementation of National Education Policy 2020, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi in collaboration with SCERT J&K, organized a “National Level Open House Discussion on National Mission for Mentoring”. During the program, 25 participants joined in person while around 140 participants (from SCERT and JKBOSE) participated online. These participants […]

J&K Bank staff contributes for colleague affected by Dachhan cloudburst

SRINAGAR: J&K Bank’s employees contributed over Rupees Thirteen lacs for their colleague Mohammad Iqbal Tantray who lost his son and daughter along with his home in a catastrophic cloudburst that struck Dachhan area of Kishtwar during the intervening night of July 27 and 28 this year. Mohammad Iqbal lost his youthful children – Tauseef Iqbal […]

Kashmiri journalist Receives Aminah Assilmi Media Excellence Award in US

Srinagar: Raqib Hameed Naik from Doda district who is a Journalist based in the United States received Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence – 2021 from the Sound Vision Foundation USA, for his reporting. He received the award during Sound Vision Foundation’s annual banquet in Houston Texas on December 12. Last month, Naik was also […]

DHSK tours south Kashmir hospitals

DHSK tours south Kashmir hospitals

Takes review of status of under-construction buildings, Covid-19 management in hospitals Srinagar: Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather today toured hospitals of south Kashmir to review the status of under-construction buildings and Covid-19 management in the hospitals. A spokesperson of the Directorate of Health Services said that the director visited SDH Bijbehara and […]

Visually impaired student of DPS Srinagar secures 1st rank at JK level Kala Utsav festival

Srinagar: Delhi Public School Srinagar student, Saqib Ajaz Mir added another feather to his cap as he bagged the first position in Vocal Music-Classical, Male category at the J&K UT level Kala Utsav 2021 Programme organised by Directorate of Samagra Shiksha. He is a visually impaired student of Learning Resource Center, DPS Srinagar which focuses […]