Nitesh Sangral

Proposed cancer centre remains in cold storage 2/10/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report  Jammu, Feb 10: Despite alarming increase in the number of cancer patients across the state with each passing year, the Health and Medical Education Department has dumped the proposed project of establishing Cancer Centre in Jammu. Pertinently, keeping in view sharp increase in number of cancer patients, then Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad had sanctioned two Tertiary Cancer Centres for Jammu and Kashmir under the National Cancer Control Programme, but owing to lackadaisical approach of H&ME department of State, the funds for establishing Cancer Centre have not been released by Union Government since last more than three years. "Due to non-seriousness of State Health and Medical Education Department , the case of establishing proposed cancer centres has not been taken up with the union government and the patients and their families have...

2/3/2016 11:36:06 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report     Jammu, Feb 3: Alarming rise of cancer patients in the Jammu and Kashmir at an exceptionally high rate virtually indicates that state is sitting on a volcano as it has registered nearly 2200 cancer patients with the Oncology Department at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu last year. Although the alarming increase in number of cancer patients is matter of concern but health authorities are still in slumber. As per the data, state has been witnessing an increasing number of cancer cases-up from 803 in 1997 to over 2200 in 2015. "From 1998 to 2002 just four years, the number of cancer cases had swelled approximately by 6.3 per cent, data revealed. As per break up official data, around 937 cancer cases were reported in 1998, 901 in 1999, 952 in 2000 and 996 in 2002. It said that there was astonishing increase in succeeding years i.e. 1058 in 2003, 1168 in 2004, 1185 in 2...

2/3/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report  Jammu, Feb 2 : A 12 years old patient suffering with this life-long genetic bleeding disorder Hemophilic died at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital Srinagar on Monday allegedly due to criminal negligence of Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department of State which failed to provide anti-hemophilia factors for last more than six months. However, the Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department of State acts as mute spectator towards the life of those patients who are suffering life-long and deadly disease and they are moving pillar to post for the treatment. Pertinent to mention here that due to non-availability of drugs in the hospitals of the state, last year two patients have died and the condition of others patients was worsening day by day and as a result, they may slip into comma. The patient can even die painful death if the drug is not made available immediately, according to doctors...

2/2/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, Feb 1 : Dog menace is on the rise not only in the winter capital of state but in Government hospitals including Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu and its other associated hospitals. On any given day a group of dogs can be seen moving in and around the emergency block, recovery ward and passage leading to the ultrasound clinic in the GMCH Jammu. If recalled GMCH Jammu also hit media limelight in 2012 when monkey were found sleeping on the beds of emergency ward and a media person also had uploaded a video on Youtube on July 19, 2012 showing monkey freely roaming in the emergency wing of the Govt Medical College and Hospital in Jammu The incident pained the then Chief Minister who tweeted: "I am shocked by the images of the monkey in a Jammu hospital. "Before I say anything I owe it to my Minister to first ask him to explain," he tweeted. The hospital authorities who had failed ...

100 docs await posting orders 1/22/2016 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report   Jammu, Jan 21: Despite their selection by Public Service Commission, more than 100 consultants from Jammu region are waiting for posting for past one month. In Kashmir province, on the other hand, the consultants who were selected have already joined their respective places of posting. Sources in Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department told Early Times that in 2014, nearly 260 posts for Pathology, Orthopaedic, Surgery, Peadiatrics, Ophthalmology, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Medicine, Gynaecology and others were referred to Public Service Commission (PSC) to overcome the shortage of doctors in the government run hospital as well as to streamline the Healthcare facilities in the state. "But due to some political interest these posts were not advertised by the PSC in the same year. These were advertised in 2015 and interviews of consultants for the posts were also condu...