JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday ordered the repatriation of doctors unauthorisedly performing their duties in medical colleges of Jammu and Srinagar to their respective directorate of health services, an official order said. The decision was taken in the interest of administration and patient care in peripheral areas which are facing a […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday launched the ‘e-SeHAT’ app and asserted that it would “revolutionise” Jammu and Kashmir’s healthcare sector. The chief minister said the innovative digital solution is tailored to meet the diverse needs of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, including citizens, doctors, and medical professionals. “The goal of this […]
SRINAGAR — The Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at SKIMS successfully hosted the Mid-Term Conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG) on Saturday. A statement of SKIMS issued here said that centred on the theme ‘HPB Cancer Management, the event brought together leading experts in liver, pancreatic, and biliary tract cancer care from across […]
SRINAGAR — In a first-of-its-kind initiative, India’s reputed cardiologist Upendra Kaul on Thursday launched a project — ‘Heart Clinic on Wheels’ — to provide healthcare facilities in the remote pockets of south Kashmir’s Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts. The mobile hospital will also be used for school surveys to detect rheumatic and congenital heart diseases, […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly 35 per cent of faculty posts are vacant in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, the premier healthcare institute has revealed. Responding to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the administrative officer of the faculty cell of the AIIMS-Delhi said 430 faculty seats were vacant at […]
INDORE — Doctors at a government hospital here have given a new lease of life to a 15-year-old girl by removing a `cyst’ weighing about eight kg from her ovary after a complex surgery. Gynecologist Dr Sumitra Yadav of the Government Maharaja Tukojirao Hospital told PTI on Tuesday that the girl was complaining of difficulty […]
NEW DELHI — The price of commonly used diabetes drug empagliflozin has been slashed by almost one-tenth, with the entry of its generic versions in the market. Developed by German pharma giant Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) empagliflozin, it is sold under the name Jardiance. It is an oral medication that helps control blood sugar in patients […]
JAMMU — Health and Medical Education Minister Sakeena Itoo on Tuesday announced that the authorities will conduct an inquiry into the land selected for the construction of Handwara Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “The government will conduct a detailed inquiry into the selection of a flood-prone site for the construction […]
GENEVA — Mpox remains an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday after deciding the epidemic still merits the highest level of alert, with cases rising and its geographic spread widening. “The mpox upsurge continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC),” said a WHO statement. […]
SYDNEY — A team of Australian scientists has developed a new blood test that is capable of detecting health complications early in pregnancy.The research team from the University of Queensland (UQ) said in a study published on Thursday that their “nanoflower sensor” could help reduce hospital admissions for newborn babies, news agency reported. The test […]