Nitesh Sangral

  Eligible, ineligible doctors join the race 5/30/2016 Nitesh Sangral   Early Times Report    Jammu, May 29: With one month left for the retirement of incumbent Medical Superintendent (MS) of Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu, politically affluent have started lobbying hard to get the coveted chair in the premier hospital of the state. Reliable Sources told Early Times that Dr. Manoj Chalotra, presently MS Chest and Diseases (CD) Hospital, Dr Romesh Gupta, MS Super Specialty Hospital (SSH), Dr. Narinder Bhutyal, MS District Hospital Udhampur, Dr. Arun Sharma, MS District Hospital Samba and CMO Jammu Ravinder Khajuria are front runners in the race and each one of them is making all out efforts to succeed the incumbent. ET also learnt that besides the doctors who have the requisite qualification, several others despite being ineligible for the post are exploring their political contacts to get the prize posting through the backd...

5/11/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, May 10: The decision of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu to start evening clinics is likely to meet the same fate again because of the reluctance of most doctors against the initiative. Doctors of the GMC&H have been opposing the idea of evening clinics ever since the idea was mooted a couple of years ago to check and monitor the private practice by government doctors, which was banned by the state high court and also make the services of these doctors available to the Patients after the normal working hours. In a meeting held at the GMC&H on Tuesday, many doctors even threatened to quit their job if they were impelled to attend evening clinics. A group of doctors told Early Times that it is good initiative to start evening clinics in the government hospitals in view of patient care especially for those who visit from far flung areas. "Since the hospital timing has been c...

ET Impact 5/8/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, May 7: Acting on an Early Times report regarding Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu administration had changed timings allegedly to facilitate blue eyed, administration of GMC&H Jammu has issued circular to change office timings from 8 AM to 2 PM. An order copy which is in possession in Early Times that GMC&H Jammu issued order, it stated that in order to ensure the smooth functioning of this institution and administration as well as in the interest of public in general as well as patients in particular, it is hereby ordered that the office timing for Clinical and Non-clinical Departments along with supporting staff will be from 8 AM to 2 PM, whereas the office timing of the following Sections of this institution will be from 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM. wef.09-05-2016. The Early Times reported that the timings of government departments in summer zone have been ch...

Fixes its own time table to facilitate blue eyed 5/4/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report  Jammu, May 4: Trashing the circular of the State Government notifying summer timings in all Government offices/institutions from May 1, the Government Medical College administration has notified its own timings allegedly to facilitate some blue eyed. However, officials of the hospital claims that keeping in view of patient care especially for those who visit far-flung areas, the timings has been changed of the hospital and its associated hospital so better health services would be provide to them. Sources in GMC&H Jammu told Early Times that since the timings of government departments in summer zone have been changed to 8AM to 2PM, the administration of the GMC&H has modified the government circular directing its staff to follow 9 AM to 3 PM timings in the hospitals. Interestingly almost faculty of the GMC&H and its associated hospital against this...

Cases of reaction due to IV fluid Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report     Jammu, May 1: Despite panic caused by the increasing cases of reaction to patients while administrating IV fluid, the administration of the GMC hospital is trying to sweep the matter under the carpet and many believe that several meetings in this regard were mere eye wash. Sources at GMC&H Jammu told Early Times that within 10 days atleast three times the fluid, which is procured by Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) Ltd., had reacted to the patients admitted in the different wards causing panic. "The matter has been brought to the notice of hospital administration as well as officers of Health and Medical Education Department but except some meetings, nothing has been done in this regard" said a doctor of the GMCH pleading anonymity. "Similarly, a committee was constituted to investigate the cause of reactions but even before it could report its f...