BHADERWAH — Dengue cases continue to rise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, with over 190 laboratory-confirmed cases requiring hospitalisation reported at Government Medical College Doda. The surge in cases prompted authorities to seek assistance from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV) to strengthen surveillance and identify […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government informed the Assembly that 22 doctor posts and 144 paramedical and other staff posts are vacant in health institutions across Shopian district, while Kulgam has 27 vacant doctor posts and 222 vacancies among paramedical and other staff. The information, according to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, was […]
BHADERWAH — Doda has reported a spike in dengue cases, with 52 patients admitted to hospitals, prompting civic authorities to intensify anti-larval spraying, fogging and public awareness campaigns, officials said on Monday. As part of the special drive, civic teams of the Doda and Bhaderwah Municipal Committees have conducted door-to-door inspections in several areas over […]
SRINAGAR — Minister for health and medical education, Sakina Itoo on Sunday said the J&K Government has appointed 27 newly selected Medical Officers (AYUSH). In a post on X, Itoo said she handed over the appointment orders to the newly selected Medical Officers at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar. She said the appointments would further […]
JAMMU — MBBS interns of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu on Tuesday announced the suspension of their indefinite strike following an assurance from Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Itoo that their monthly internship stipend would be revised and enhanced within one month. The interns had gone on an indefinite strike along with their colleagues […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister has approved a comprehensive overhaul of the Cancer Treatment and Management Fund for the Poor (CTMFP), aimed at making financial assistance more accessible and patient-centric. Under the revised scheme, the annual income eligibility ceiling has been increased to ₹4 lakh, while the financial assistance has been enhanced to […]
BUNIA, Congo — Ebola has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data released Thursday showed, marking a 50% increase in around a week as the emergency continues to outpace response efforts. As of Tuesday, 3,442 cases had been recorded, with 1,521 deaths, according to the latest […]
KINSHASA — The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Wednesday that suspected Ebola cases had been reported in a new province, highlighting the expansion of the ongoing outbreak as deaths hit 600. The outbreak, declared on May 15, has so far infected 1,759 people across the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, […]
KINSHASA — The official death toll in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds more than 400, according to official figures released on Thursday. The highly infectious disease has claimed 438 lives among the 1,406 people confirmed infected – a fatality rate of just over 31 percent –since the outbreak was […]
JAMMU — AIIMS Jammu has achieved a major milestone in cancer care by successfully performing Jammu and Kashmir’s first-ever interstitial brachytherapy procedure on a 26-year-old woman diagnosed with Stage II vulvar cancer, the institute said. Vulvar cancer is a rare gynaecological malignancy, accounting for only four percent of all gynaecological cancers, and is particularly uncommon […]