Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use Among Young People in state via awareness campaigns are active in Jammu & Kashmir by government and non-government organizations but number of people who are consuming tobacco is increasing and this is alarming. According to report by Danik Jagran, in Government Medical College Jammu has 50% of cancer patient who use Tobacco. … Read more
Unplanned urbanisation and uncontrolled vehicular growth on the roads of Jammu and Srinagar has pushed the twin capitals in the category of non-attainment cities, where the air pollution has exceeded the permissible limit. Both the cities have breached the established air quality norms about five years ago with suspended particulate matter and respiratory suspended particulate … Read more
Waste management has long been a rhetoric for successive governments of the state. Till date nothing sufficient has been done to recycle waste in the state. Recently, the Army has set up a waste management complex on the outskirts of the city to make Nagrota Military station “a clean and green formation” . Read below … Read more
Industries in Samba are flouting environmental guidelines and openly dumping their waste in Basantar river. Locals are concerned and are anxious over irresponsible pollution of water bodies. A number of chemical and pesticide factories are there in the area which are polluting these water bodies. According to The Tribune the industrial area comprises nearly 250 … Read more
Written by Heena Tabassum Complying with the increase in the use of drugs among the youth across the rest of the country, Jammu seems to be following suit ardently. The drug de-addiction centre established in the Government Psychiatric Disease Hospital, near Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu, is registering 5-10 cases daily, mostly related to consumption of … Read more
J&K is losing its “food independence” at an alarming rate, all thanks to ill management of land and willful conversion of farm lands to other purposes. It means that we are no longer producing enough food to feed our people. Here is some data according to the economic survey 2017: -Jammu and Kashmir imported, the highest … Read more
* Jammu and Kashmir has over 4,300 patients, including 131 orphans and 225 widows, have been tested HIV positive in the state so far. *Jammu, having the maximum fluctuating population, has reported the highest number of HIV patients, followed by southern districts of the state —- Kathua and Samba. *According to the J&K State AIDS Control … Read more
With the state lagging behind in the medical advancements for the timely detection of cancer, the number of cancer cases has been increasing every year. According to the data released by the Indian Council of Medical Research, 16,840 patients with malignancies have been registered till August in the state as compared to 11,815 in 2014. … Read more
Major health hazards are awaiting Jammu as state government is failing to implement environmental rules. Serious environmental threat is expected from untreated biomedical waste and illegal brick kilns. According to a news report by the Daily Excelsior, there are around 763 health institutions including diagnostic centres across the region. Out of an average 856 kg biomedical … Read more