Nitesh Sangral

Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: Once again the State Health and Medical Education Department faced embarrassment for providing inappropriate information in the Upper House. MLC Ramesh Arora got infuriated by the apathetic attitude of the department and alleged that department was trying to hide something. He also demanded an inquiry into reports of vital equipment missing from Super Specialty Hospital Jammu. MCL accused H&ME department for providing irrelevant information and status report of SSH Jammu. "I demanded status report of SSH of 2018 but they (H&ME) have provided status reports by enclosing annexure 'A' 'status on 2013', it proves, the officials were providing wrong information and misguiding the House", he said. Earlier, responding to MLC Ramesh Arora's questions, MoS Asia Naqash said all the 3 generators installed in SSH Jammu were functional, only one was used on regular basis and other two were used periodically....

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Jan 7: Following attachment of Director SKIMS and suspension of other three senior doctors, the medical fraternity of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu have sought blanket ban on the all government doctors as many of faculty members are indulged in private practices despite 'restrictions/ban' imposed by the Health Ministry. "If they (the H&ME ministry) really want to save the primer and precious health institute, they ought to do so and at earliest," some faculty members observed. Pertinently, the Health and Medical Education Department has issued numbers of orders or circulars in which it was clearly mentioned that the private practice of the Head of departments (HODs) of Medical Colleges and associate hospitals has been banned but due to lackadaisical approach of concerned and poor enforcement by the department, the mal practice is flourishing under government's nose. A retired doctor, seeking anonymity, ...

Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Resentment is again brewing among doctors' fraternity of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) and its associated hospitals Jammu on issue of delay in conducting Departmental Promotion Committee (DCP) for last almost two years, which is clear violation of the Medical Council of India's norms but who cares? Moreover, most of medical colleges across the country got a substantial increase in Post Graduate (PG) seats, GMC Jammu had got a dozen seats earlier, due to that most of the Associate Professors and Professors of various disciplines of GMC Jammu were holding their posts on Own Pay Grade (OPG) basis and were not confirmed by DPC. As per the norms of the MCI, they do not consider any own OPG promotion, only consider DPC confirmed faculty on any post for the sake of headcount. Official sources told Early Times that nearly 220 faculty members of the GMC Jammu, comes under the preview of the MCI and out of...

1/3/2018 Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 3: In order to save his face from embarrassment after receiving criticism from everyone, Health Minister took first time meeting with Head of Departments (HoDs) at Super Speciality Hospital Jammu on Tuesday. It needs to be mentioned here that the officials of the department were facing resentment by the doctors against the working of the management of GMC Jammu as well as Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Cooperation which, according to them failed to deliver services timely. If sources are to be believed, since the new Minister took charge of Health Ministry, he didn't take a meeting with HoDs of the various departments and never tried to know about their problems which they were facing since last many years. "After receiving complaints and criticism regarding the poor working of the incumbent Ministry by the people and Politicians of the ruling parties, they took a meeting with the HoDs to discuss the issue of Kidney ...

Medical Aspirants denied admission through All India Quota Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 31: Another example of the failure of the Jammu and Kashmir as well as concerned authorities as has completely failed to fulfill the dream of Late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed of having 5 medical colleges in state thus putting future of thousands of aspirants on the stake. Moreover, adding another failure of the government and lack of vision, medical aspirants are being denied to get admission through All India Quota seats in medical colleges across the country. Here need to mention that the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test exam (NEET) 2018 Application Form was announced by CBSE to be available in the month of January 2018. CBSE NEET is a national level medical examination, which is conducted for selecting students for admission to MBBS courses. Official sources told Early Times that the medical aspirants of the state were already at disadvantage in the Current NEET format ...

'Refrain from posting anti Govt, political comments on social media' ET Impact Niesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 26: A few days after Early Times carried a news story about a government doctor ridiculing the post of the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Twitter, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesdaydirected officials to refrain from writing against the government in social media. The Government vide no GAD/Mtg/RB-IV/43/2017, in exercise of powers conferred by the provision to section 124 of the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, the Governor made amendment in the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Conduct Rule, 1971. "No Government employee shall engage in any criminal, dishonest, immoral or notoriously disgraceful conduct on social media which may be prejudicial to the Government," the order states. It further states that Government employee shall also not use their personal social media accounts for any political activity or endorse the po...

Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 26: In a shocking incident, the premier Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu (GMC&H), refuted to float tenders for supplying of experimental animals' diet for last years and making temporary arrangements to feeding the animals, are being used for experimentation in educational and research of the institution. Pertinently, the experimental animals used in medical colleges play a crucial role in teaching and researching as well as developing skills for diagnosis. For the research purpose, some rules and regulations have been formed to run the practices hassle free but it seems GMC Jammu is habitual to disobey the rules. Officials, on the condition of anonymity, told Early Times that what could be expected from the higher officials of the college, if the experiments animals' diet on god mercy as they failed to float tenders for supplying of animals diet for past year. "The tender was supposed to be invited in M...