Nitesh Sangral

6/28/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   jammu, June 27: Former Minister's close lieutenant, who is posted in Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu, has succeeded in becoming the Chamcha of the incumbent Minister after he left no stone unturned to appease him. Highly placed sources within GMC&H Jammu told Early Times that close lieutenant of former Minister for Health and Medical Education department along with another top official in GMC&H paid several visits to incumbent Minister's office as residence and has been passing selective information to the minister to keep himself in his good books. Sources further stated that close lieutenant himself faced several controversies and irregularities in the various departments of the hospital. "The close lieutenant has also constituted a team of doctors and other officials in the hospital to appease the incumbent Minister by issuing various officials orders and directions", claimed a s...

GMCH principal takes charge of 3 departments 6/24/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report    JAMMU, June 23: Though Union as well as state government has been emphasizing on decentralization of powers, but it seems the Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu has adopted a contradictory stance by holding charge of three departments, instead of exploring options, available there. Pertinent to mention here that besides this principal of GMCH issued an order to hand over the charge of other department to other Head of Department (HoD) reportedly. However, the officials of the hospital asserted that the Principal had approached Head of Department of Medicine department but he refused to take charge of three related departments viz Neurology, Psychiatry and Chest department so that Principal took charge of these departments’ himself. Contradicting the claims of officials of hospital, Senior doctors, seeking anonymity told Earl...

  6/14/2016   Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, June 13: Once again the Health and Medical Education Department has issued a notification ordering ban on private practice of Head of Departments (HODs). Pertinently, various Head of Departments at GMCH and its associated hospitals are flouting the Government orders and indulge in private practice. According to sources, the department issued numbers of directions as well as orders to strictly banning the private practices but unfortunately the implementation of the orders were nowhere in sight which clearly shows that the directions and order are mere an eye wash. "The 'influential' Heads of Departments (HoDs) in various units at Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu as well as Kashmir and its associated hospitals continue indulge in the private practice, despite receiving Non Practicing Allowance (NPA) from the Government, " Sources stated. An order-copy circular no 02-HME ...

6/8/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, June 8: Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu today reportedly humiliated Commissioner Secretary H&ME department. Reliable sources told Early Times that the H&ME department had informed the administration of the hospital about holding meeting with Medical Council of India (MCI) team and discuss remedial steps to overcome the problems being faced by hospital. "Astonishingly, when the officials of the H&ME department were calling Principal of GMC, he didn't attend the calls despite repeated attempts. Then they informed about the Head of Department (HoD) Medicine, but when the Secretary entered the premises of hospital, a barrier was installed by administration and he was stopped for a while, "they stated. Sources said that the administration of the hospital did not follow 'protocol', and as soon as the Secretary reached Principal's chamber, the P...

  Injured man succumbs to injuries 6/6/2016 Early Times Report    JAMMU, June 6: Family members of the victim of hit 'n' run case, who succumbed to his fatal injuries in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu on June 4, accused administration and doctors on duty of the hospital for not providing ventilator on time. Moreover, doctors on duty showed non-seriousness toward the patients. Son of deceased (Rattan Sharma), Parveen Sharma told that keeping in view of serious case, they had carried in front of on duty doctors for putting their patient on ventilator as doctors recommended for three to four hours but no one has listen them and left their patient for died. "Numbers of time, I requested to the doctors to provide ventilator but they were busy in other cases. After feeling so helpless and angry, i created ruckus in the emergency ward against the poor health care in GMC&H Jammu as well as on duty doctors for their failur...