PULWAMA — Construction has commenced on a 50-bedded Critical Care Block (CCB) in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. This project is a part of the Emergency Response and Health Preparedness Package (ECRP) and was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2024. The new facility being constructed is located adjacent to the existing District […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K High Court has intervened after all private hospitals in the union territory decided to refuse patients under the national health insurance programme, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, from September 1. Private hospitals in J&K jointly decided to refuse patient admissions from September 1 claiming that multiple crores of outstanding under this programme had […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Empanelled Hospitals and Dialysis Centres Association under AB-PMJAY SEHAT Scheme on Friday threatened to stop their services in J&K due to pending payments with State Health Agency (SHA) from March 2024. They said since March 15, 2024, their payments under Ayushman Bharat Scheme amounting to approximately Rs 300cr haven’t […]
JAMMU — Security has been beefed up at government hospitals in Jammu with the deployment of armed security personnel to ensure the safety of medical staff and doctors, officials said on Friday. This step was taken in the wake of the rape and murder of a doctor at a hospital in Kolkata and related incidents […]