Nitesh Sangral

7/29/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report    Jammu, July 29: Meals to patients who are admitted in the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and its associated hospitals might be stopped in coming days as the authorities have not cleared the outstanding of the supplier. The supplier has already stopped supply of breakfast to the patients after the purchasing committee of the GMC failed to clear its pending bills totaling about Rs 1.83 crore. Now, sources said, the supplier is likely to stop the afternoon meal as well. "It seems the supplying firm would be unable to continue the supply of diets to all these hospitals, as their payment is pending for a long time. Ironically, now when it's likely that the meals would be stopped, the authorities seem unbothered about the plight of patients," the sources said. A member of the firm supplying meals told Early Times, "We are now fed up. Our repeated reminders about the outstanding to the administration ...

Two patients died as non-availability of anti-hemophilia factors 7/29/2015 12:31:17 AM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report jammu, July 28: Two patients have died in the Jammu and Kashmir allegedly due to non-availability of anti-hemophilia factor in the hospitals of the state in last eight months, puncturing the tall claims of the Health Minister. Moreover, the patients are still yearning for factor. Heartless attitude of the Health Department, is deliberately forcing hundreds of patients, who are suffering with this life-long genetic bleeding disorder Hemophilic, to die in Jammu as well as Kashmir as factors have not been made available to the needy patient especially those who couldn't buy the expensive factors. Pertinently, irked by the lackadaisical approached of the Health Department, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had also pulled up and directed it to keep the factor available for 24 hours in the hospital. But unfortunately, in complete disregard of directions...

7/27/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, July 27: The State government today ordered following transfers and postings in the Social Welfare department. Fareed Kohli, DSWO, Udhampur is transferred and posted as Assistant Director (Administration), Directorate of Social Welfare Jammu against available vacancy. Rachana Sharma, awaiting orders of posting is herby posted as District social welfare officer, Udhampur Mukhlis Ali, awaiting orders of posting is hereby posted as DSWO, Poonch. Reyaz Ahmad Shah, awaiting orders of posting is hereby posted as CDPO, ICDS, Project, Kulgam. He will also hold the additional charge of ICDS, Project, DH Para. Manmeet Kumar, awaiting orders of posting is hereby posted as CPDO, ICDS Project Marh. Mir Masooda CDPO, ICDS project, Marh shall report to Deputy Director, ICDS, Jammu till further orders. Arshad Ahmad Khan, awaiting orders of posting is hereby posted as CDPO, ICDS Project Wavora. He shall also hold the additional char...

Authorities choose to stay dumb 7/15/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, July 14: Authorities have chosen to turn nelson's eye to the continuing encroachments on land of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) from Sainik Colony to Narwal Jammu by some influential businessmen. Reliable Sources informed that Early Times that many a politically affluent businessmen and land grabbers have usurped the NHAI land and they are allegedly in league with the authorities. It is pertinent to mention here that numbers of showrooms and others multi storey buildings have come up along the national highway and several of them have encroached the land belonging to the NHAI. Seeking anonymity, official sources in the NHAI said that NHAI officials had received complaints many times by locals but owing to political involvement, no action could be taken against these businessmen and the authority ignored its own rules and regulations and safely turned blind eye to ...

The incident exposes "faulty" fire management system 7/7/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report    Jammu, July 6: Panic gripped the premier Super Speciality Hospital here Monday evening following mysterious fire which broke out in CT Scan unit, gutting property worth lakhs and exposing the "faulty" fire management system of the health institute. Short circuit was believed to be cause of the fire which was brought under control by the fire tenders that were pressed into service. This is the second incident of fire in the hospital and it seems as if the administration of hospital and higher ups have not learnt lesson from the first incident that occurred on November 9, 2014. The incident took place around 6:30 pm when fire broke in CT scan unit on first floor of the hospital due to short circuit but the fire-fighting systems, which were installed after spending crores of rupees, proved non- functional. Moreover, patients and attendants, who were admit...

7/4/2015  Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report  Jammu, July 4: Some employees of paramedical staff of Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital and its associated hospitals have not received salaries for the last two months. Sources told Early Times that half of the paramedical staff did not get salary from May this year, while some of their colleagues in are drawing their salaries regularly. "Some of the staff members hailing from far-flung areas and living in the city as tenants are the worst hit. They have to borrow money to pay the monthly rent," a source said. A staff member, seeking anonymity, said the staff had sent several reminders to the Medical Superintendent concerned but in vain. "We were appointed through Medical Education department in the hospital, but we have been left in the lurch while our colleagues in the hospitals are drawing their salaries every month," she added. The aggrieved staff members alleged that the authorities delay...

National Doctors' Day goes unnoticed in J&K 7/1/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report     Jammu, July 1: Barring a couple of small functions, the National Doctors' Day largely went unnoticed in J&K. Here in Jammu, only two departments of the GMC hospital celebrated the day while in Kashmir Valley, the Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) observed the day as a 'black day'. Official sources told Early Times that in Jammu, the Health department had not made any arrangement for the day. "There was no publicity and awareness campaign among the medical fraternity," a senior doctor of the GMC and hospital said, wishing anonymity. He said the higher ups should have done homework to observe the day in a befitting manner. However, the department of pathology of GMC hospital organized a discussion on the day and various issues were highlighted by junior doctors before the principal and the superintendent. Urology department at Super-Speci...