A number of youth hit by pellets during street protests in Kashmir avoid getting treated in Valley hospitals to evade arrests and persecution by police, […]
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Poor patients suffer as govt docs run private hospitals, clinics
Business of medicine responsible for health care mess, rising corruption: DAK Voicing concern over government doctors running private hospitals, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said […]
Food wrapped in newspapers harmful, DFCO warns
Waking up from deep slumber, the Drug and Food Control Organization (DFCO) on Thursday warned people against taking food wrapped in newspapers, saying it could […]
200 docs ‘forced’ to appear in interviews in Jmu
Selection of Lecturers in SKIMS Bemina Decision of holding interviews in Jammu made by CS: Dr Zargar Nearly 200 doctors from Kashmir are forced to […]
Maggi samples from Valley contain lead
Food Safety authorities awaiting govt nod to prosecute Nestle India The authorities in Kashmir are awaiting nod to prosecute Maggi manufacturer even as the instant […]
Central heating system in hospitals yet to start
With a dip in the temperature, the doctors in Kashmir have urged the authorities concerned to start central heating systems in the government-run hospitals. In […]
GoI issues 7000 H1N1 testing kits to States, Kashmir gets none
With H1N1 Influenza raging across India, Union Ministry of Health has issued 7000 testing kits to states with Kashmir getting none. According to a press […]
State obtains land for three medical colleges
In the first major step towards setting up five medical colleges in the state, the J&K Government has acquired land for three, while negotiations are […]
CM calls back doctors who have gone abroad
Doctors from Jammu and Kashmir who have moved out of the country should consider returning to their roots, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said on […]
Patients rue poor infection control measures in hospitals
With most hospitals, mainly government ones, unable to maintain hygienic standards and take proper infection control measures, people, mostly from rural Kashmir, visiting them are […]