Health

Department of Health and Medical Education said that registration on Hospital Professional Registry (HPR) portal is mandatory for doctors and nurses.

The J&K administration has shifted the pediatric services of GB Pant Hospital to the newly-constructed 500-bedded Children Hospital in the Bemina locality of Srinagar.

Patients at District Hospital Pulwama are up in arms against the government for its order to transfer psychiatrist Dr Majid.

The government on Wednesday ordered for re-constitution of the Apical selection committee in the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura.

Director SKIMS Prof. Parvaiz A. Koul had a detailed discussion with the visiting team from the MOHFW about the establishment of the Cadaver Organ Transplant Program.

Citing Civil Service Conduct Rules, Jammu and Kashmir Government today warned doctors to refrain from doing private practice during duty hours and other malpractices.

Washrooms, which were closed for repair works at Kashmir’s premier healthcare institute, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura, have been made functional.

Not a single medical college among five sanctioned by the government in the last six years has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir so far.