Nitesh Sangral

No funds for Jammu hospitals' Security, Sanitation Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 7: The J&K government has not released funds for Government Medical College and Hospital and its associated hospitals' security for 2018-19. However, the administration claims that Special Police Officers (SPO) of the police department would be deployed to deal and monitor the situation of the GMC Jammu. Presently, security of the GMC Jammu and its associated hospitals is outsourced to a private firm for last many years. The administration has, however, failed to clear liabilities due to the shortage of funds. Sources told Early Times that the state government did not allocate funds. Also, there is no nod to the administration to outsource the hospitals' security and sanitation work this year. "Bills of the private firm amounting to Rs 9 lakh are pending with GMC Jammu. Now, not allocating funds for the security head will create hurdles for hospitals' func...

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Docs recklessly prescribing antibiotics for commissions Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 1: Blame it on the greed and gluttony of the medical practitioners across the state, antibiotics are been prescribed to the patients recklessly, which is leading to dangerous antibiotic resistance. The World Health Organization (WHO), various Indian medical associations as well as Union Health Ministry are taking measure to control overuse of antibiotic medicines but the Jammu and Kashmir Health Ministry doesn't have any mechanism to check the misuse of antibiotics cross the State. According to various researchers which are published in various dailies, the global consumption of antibiotics has soared since the year 2000. This could mean drug-resistant superbugs spiraling out of control and calls for new policies to control usage of these drugs. With the rate of consumption going up by 65% between 2000 and 2015, the need of the hour is to invest in alternative treatments, ...