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Health advisory panel set up for implementation of Chawla Committee recommendations
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has constituted an advisory committee for holistic advancement of the health sector, roadmap for implementation of Chawla Committee along with comprehensive Budget…
Govt notifies drugs, diagnostics to be available free of cost at J&K health centres
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has notified a list of drugs and diagnostics to be made available free of cost at various health and wellness centres across the Union Territory.
According to an…
No Doctor Permitted to Practice at Private Clinic from 10 am to 4 pm ; Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed
Baramulla: Syed Abid Rasheed Shah (IAS), Administrative Secretary of the Health and Medical Education Department, said on Saturday that any doctor who is found practicing at a private clinic between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. will be liable to…
Antimicrobial resistance biggest health threat, doctors warn
Srinagar: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health in the world today, compromising the treatment of infectious diseases and undermining advancements made in medicine, doctors said on Friday.
A senior doctor…
J&K’s health sector faces threats from new communicable, non-communicable diseases
Srinagar : The health sector in Jammu and Kashmir is facing threats from new communicable diseases as well as the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, according to officials. The rising drug abuse among the young population…
Mental health issues in Kashmir higher than global average
Srinagar: The Kashmir Valley grapples with a higher prevalence of mental health issues compared to the global average, a situation attributed to various factors including conflict, climatic conditions, and economic challenges, according to…
Kashmir hospitals witness surge in RSV cases: DAK
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said hospitals in Kashmir are witnessing surge in severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases.
“Over the last few weeks, hospitals are seeing increase in number of seriously-ill…
Young surgeons, PG students benefit from 3-day int’l workshop on live robotic surgery
Srinagar : The three-day workshop cum conference on live robotic surgery, in which around 400 delegates participated, concluded at Government Medical College Srinagar on Saturday.
Prof Mufti Mahmood Ahmad, Head of Department, General and…
No staff available at PHC Sonamarg to operate digital machines
Sonamarg : Despite equipped with all kinds of facilities, Primary Health Centre Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district faces an acute shortage of staff.
The locals and shopkeepers while expressing resentment against the…
Govt enhances GMN seats for Ramzan College of Nursing’College to have 80 GNM seats now’…
Srinagar : The J&K government has accorded sanction to the grant of provisional permission in favour of Ramzan College of Nursing Gallandar Pampore in Pulwama district for the enhancement of the seats in General Nursing and Midwifery…