Nitesh Sangral

Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, June 28: Owing to mismanagement of the Shree Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital, Blood Bank's staff, about 60 units (350 or 375 ML in per unit) of blood and 40 to 50 unit of Fresh Frozen Plasma are ready to be discarded by the officials as it has passed its use-by date reportedly. Here it needs to be mentioned that several deaths can be caused due to severe blood loss in case there is a shortage of blood, plasma, or platelets. Over the past few years, there has been wastage of blood but who cares? Many times it is seen that people face severe hardship in arranging blood for their patients as most of the times they are denied blood from the blood banks and asked to arrange it on their own. Blood is precious for life and the same cannot be manufactured, it can be donated by a donor but unfortunately, the Government Medical College Jammu and its associated hospitals discard a huge quantity of blood and its components. Senior doctor,...

Neighbouring States appoint doctors above lecturer rank for Amarnath Ji Yatra 6/26/2018 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, June 26: Senior doctors of the Government Medical College have managed appointment of junior doctors for the upcoming Shree Amarnath Ji Yatra, to ensure their private practice without break. Complying with the Supreme Court directions, the neighboring states have deployed doctors above lecturer rank for the Shree Amarnath Ji Yatra but GMC Jammu has finalized the list of junior doctors under the influence of senior doctors. Here it needs to be mentioned that ET had carried story on 23 June with title 'Junior doctors being deployed for Amarnath Ji Yatra', which is the clear violation of the Supreme Court of India that doctor with Specialization from GMC Jammu and GMC Srinagar to be deployed on temporary duty during the Amarnath Ji Yatra but they failed to do so. Sources told Early Times that some doctors of the GMC Jammu, having n...

JU denies permission for starting PG course Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, June 4: The claims of the former Health Minister to start Post-Graduate Courses in Indira Gandhi Government Dental College (IGGDC) in the current session ( May 2018) have fallen flat as Jammu University has denued nod to start the course because the college didn't get clearance from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) . Pertinently, since the establishment of IGGDC Jammu, PG course has not been started due to lethargic approach of the concerned whereas Dental College Srinagar has been running PG course for last many years. Sources told Early Times that the course was supposed to be started in May 2018 but owing to poor approach to introduce such course in Jammu as they failed to get clearance from NAAC, which is made compulsory by Dental Council of India (DCI) for all dental colleges throughout India to have accreditation by NAAC for running such course. "As offici...

Unknown people stage protest, instigate docs to stop treatment, go on strike Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, June 3: It is very shameful that some people associated with political parties, are not letting doctors do their job by making GMC Jammu a 'protest hub' where they play politics on the excuse that doctors are not providing treatment to the needy patients. Moreover, these unscrupulous elements in the society create hurdles in treating patients and present the wrong image of doctors. Surprisingly, keeping in view that emergency is a of critical patients treatment area where cool and calm is required from all quarters, the State government and even concerned hospital authority have never bothered to take preventive measures to stop such protests in and around the emergency block. On Sunday, some unknown people gathered nearby emergency of the hospital and raised slogans against the GMC Jammu especially treating doctors, creating distraction among the sta...