After years of delay, the PET scan facility, which allows doctors to check diseases in a body, will finally be available at the Sher-e-Kashmir institute…
View More PET scan facility at SKIMS ready, but awaits inaugurationCategory: Health
200 thrombolysis performed: DHSK
Directorate of health services Kashmir (DHSK) said that over 200 thrombolysis, the life saving emergency procedure for heart attack victims, have been performed at hospitals.…
View More 200 thrombolysis performed: DHSKCentre asks states to crackdown on milk adulteration
The Centre has directed state food commissioners to crackdown on milk adulteration by installing testing equipments and taking random sampling every month at village levels.…
View More Centre asks states to crackdown on milk adulterationGovt employees to get paid leave for blood donation
Central government employees can now get paid leave for blood donation, personnel ministry has said. At present, service rules allow leave for whole blood donation…
View More Govt employees to get paid leave for blood donationMedical Commission Bill sent to Parliamentary panel
A Bill for setting up a National Medical Commission to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) was sent to a standing committee of Parliament…
View More Medical Commission Bill sent to Parliamentary panelHealthcare services disrupted in doctors” strike
Healthcare services at multiple hospitals across India were partially disrupted today when doctors went on a strike in protest against the controversial National Medical Commission…
View More Healthcare services disrupted in doctors” strikeDistrict hospital Ganderbal awaits completion of new building for 8 years
For last eight years now the space constrained district hospital Ganderbal, the only major hospital in the district, is awaiting the completion of its new…
View More District hospital Ganderbal awaits completion of new building for 8 yearsEYE TRANSPLANT: SMHS register 8 donors
Months after SMHS Hospital started corneal transplant, ten people have registered themselves as donors of cornea, while 60 transplants have already taken place at the…
View More EYE TRANSPLANT: SMHS register 8 donorsSMHS Echo machine defunct for 2 weeks, patients suffer
The lone Echo machine at SMHS Hospital here has developed a snag, rendering it defunct causing inconvenience to hundreds of patients here. The life saving…
View More SMHS Echo machine defunct for 2 weeks, patients suffer