Nitesh Sangral

It happens only in SMVDU 9/28/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report      Jammu, Sept 27: Already hitting headlines for wrong reasons, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) has now allegedly violated norms by adjusting a blue-eyed candidate, who is alleged to have failed in 12th class, in integrated M Sc Economics course. Sources revealed to Early Times that on September 14, SMVDU VC, Prof S K Jain called a meeting of Board of Academics, Research and Consultancy (BARC) with the agenda of a student namely Apoorva Jamwal's admission, who is alleged to have failed in her 12th standard, by bending the University Granted Commission (UGC) norms and guidelines but the members refused to abide by VC's decision. "In the BARC meeting, 22 of the 24 members present opposed the admission of influential student but two members who are close associates of VC remained silent on the entire episode, and the VC allegedly concealed the facts from Chairman Adm...

Thanks to Doctors- Pharma nexus 9/17/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report                                     Good intention, bad implementation Jammu, Sept 16: The ambitious plan of the Government of India to provide cheaper drugs by promoting generic drugs through Jan Aushadhi retail drug stores in the State has so far failed to take off. Thanks to callous attitude of State Health Department, the scheme has been abandoned to influential Pharma lobby, which allegedly pays handsome enticements to concerned politicians, doctors and administrations. Sources said in Jammu city, two Jan Aushadhi stores have been set up, one each at Shri Maharaja Ghulab Singh (SMGS) hospital and another outside the Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu under the Jan Aushadhi campaign launched by the Union Government. However, these two stores have failed to attract people of the Jammu towards ...

9/14/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report  JAMMU, Sept 14: Minister for Health and Medical Education has reportedly taken charge of the thriving industry within his department in his own hands, curtailing the powers of Director Health Services. A document is in possession of Early Times revaled that Minister for Health and Medical Education has curtailed the power of Director Health Service of Jammu by issuing an order No. PS/HM/ARI-Trgs/1188 dated 18-8-2015, in which Minister directed Director Health Service Jammu that he shall deal with all such proposals which were required to be sent to Secretariat where modernization/up-gradation of hospitals/projects of NABARD etc. was involved. All matters relating to Gazetted officers including service matter/adjustments of Gazetted officers be made with the approval of the competent authority (Minister Incharge). On September 1, Director Health Services Jammu had transfered 80 to 90 pharmacists including some senior ...

9/9/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, Sept 8: The Health and Medical Education ministry has ordered the following transfers and postings in State Health Department with immediate effect in view of making field functioning smooth and for improving healthcare in state. As per government order vide 389 and 390-HME of 2015, 22 doctors across the state have been transferred and posted in different hospital. Dr. GA wani, I/C Assistant Director (R&S), Health Services, Kashmir, is directed to report in the Directorate of Health Services. Kashmir. Dr. GM Chuloo, Medical Officer, awaiting orders of adjustment in Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir has been transferred and posted as I/c Assistant Director (R&S) Health Services, Kashmir. Dr. Faheem Alam, I/C DTO. Anantnag has been transferred and posted as I/C Deputy Chief Medical Officer. Anantnag. Dr. Ashfaq Hassan, Medical Officer awaiting orders of adjustment in Directorate of Health Service...

  Seriously ill forced to climb stairs 9/8/2015  Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, Sept 8: Owing to lack of coordination between administration of Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu and its Mechanical Wing, the lifts of the hospital are non-functional for last 15 days forcing patients and their attendants to use either stairs or the ramp which is not advisable for many of them, particularly the critically sick patients. Sources at GMC hospital Jammu said that the administration of hospital was sent a proposal to replace these old lifts with the new ones and one lift has been replaced but other was left abandoned. They further said that two lifts were installed in the GMC and Hospital Jammu to take the patients to their respective wards around a decade back but at present both lifts are out of order for last 15 days. "One lift was already out of order for last one month, now second lift of the hospital was also not functioning but neither...

Nitesh Sangral   Jammu, Sept 3: The famous phrase ‘One step forward, two steps back’ aptly fits to successive governments and Jammu and Kashmir Department of Health and Medical Education, as on hand side they are going to start Post Graduation classes in a department of GMC Jammu and other hand side as pressing shortfall of teaching faculty in the Medical College Jammu is looming danger on budding career of medicos aspiring for post graduation besides usual medicare at this premier hospital in Jammu region.  Official sources told Early Times that GMC and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, doesn’t conform to the guidelines of the Medical Council of India (MCI) as majority of department are being managed by makeshift arrangements only. Hospital sources said, “Various major departments of GMC Hospital Jammu including Biochemistry, Community Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, ENT, Forensic Medicine, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Surgery, General Medicine, Microbiology,...