Nitesh Sangral

Why higher stipend for SKIMS medicos? 9/29/2016  Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 29: Time and again the demand for restoring parity in the monthly honorarium for junior doctors working in Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) and Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura without results. This disparity, said the medicos is not only taking toll of work but also the mindset of aspiring post graduates who prefer to work at SKIMS. It also becomes a deciding factor when students apply for MD/MS. It may be recalled that medical students at GMC Jammu and GMC Srinagar have agitated the issue repeatedly. However, the disparity continues with the authorities in no mood to address the issue. According to Medical Council of India's (MCI) clause 13.3 that the Post Graduate students of the institutions which are located in various States / Union Territories shall be paid remuneration at par with the remuneration being paid to the Post Graduate s...

  9/28/2016 Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 27: With three days left for the superannuation of incumbent Director Health Services (DHS) Jammu, the politically backed aspirants have put their stakes for the said post and reportedly are running to their heavyweight political masters for their blessings. As expected, the race for this prestigious post has begun and besides those eligible for the coveted chair, many juniors having strong political backing too have staked their claims. Well placed sources within health department said that with so many claimants, there is likelihood of the 'financial aspect' playing a significant role in the selection of the candidate for the post of Director Health Services Jammu. If sources are to be believed, astronomically high financial bids have been offfered by the politically backed incumbents. According to sources four senior officials of the health department are in the race for the post but with the jumping in of few...

  Administrative tussle turns GMCH 'unhealthy' 9/24/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   JAMMU, Sept 24: An unusual act of insubordination marred the graceful atmosphere of meeting presided over by Health Minister in which tug of ego war surfaced with administrative heads of different wings located in Medical College Jammu entered into heated arguments coupled with counter allegations and deviating from the established norms of official propriety and decency. If sources are to be believed, MS of SSH Jammu is likely to be attached in keeping view of complaints against him and today's episode during Minister's meeting. Reliable sources disclosed Early Times that primarily the venue of the meeting was fixed at Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) Jammu where the Minister for Health and Medical Education Department was scheduled to hold meeting as per the informed to all. Accordingly the Principal GMC&H Jammu reached venue of the meeting where he w...

9/21/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The BJP came to power in the state by projecting itself as well wisher of people of Jammu, but it's fast exposing itself as yet another power-hungry party that only believes in hoodwinking people for votes. Take the example of Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) Jammu. For the past one week, the hospital stands paralysed and patients have been left at God's mercy. However, not a single BJP minister or MLA has bothered to know the condition of patients. Penitently, the incumbent Minister for Health and Medical Education Department claimed at a public gathering recently that his focus was to bring the health sector back on track. He however maintains a meaningful silence on the situation prevailing in SSH Jammu. A senior doctor of the hospital told Early Times that few officials of the Health and Medical Education Department were hand-in-glove with some private hospitals. To boost their business, the...

  9/17/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 17: Callous attitude of State Health Ministry as well as the higher ups can be gauged from the fact the essential medical services in Super Speciality Hospital Jammu are not functioning for last 3 to 4 days and patients are running from pillar to post for the medical services since the daily wagers (Mechanical) went on strike. Pertinently, the daily wagers and Need Based Workers (Mechanical) engaged at government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital and Super Speciality Hospital Jammu went on strike in support of releasing their 30 months' salary due to which essential medical services in SSH Jammu are collapsed. Senior doctors at SSH Jammu told Early Times that due to least concern of the higher ups in the administration along with daily wagers, the patients at the hospital have been suffering for last four to five days. The Operation Theatres (OT)s are...

Nitesh Sangral Jammu: Taking cognizance of appeals of the victim of allegedly conspiracy wherein he had been provided false medical reports by private hospitals, Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) today sought copies of these reports to be produced within 30 days.    According to complainant Indu Bhushan Bali, he has been struggling to get rid of the allegations of ‘Anti national’ ‘Schizophrenic’ and many more tags which were leveled by the senior officials of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on her with the help of doctors. He had written a letter to Disability Court in which he mentioned that he was transferred to hilly and heavily militancy area and that too without TD/DA and that she was not even transferred transfer ever back to her   town. Then officials pressurized and harassed him to accept the period in which he was struggling and getting abused by few officials of SSB as leaves and his refusal they had marked that period ...