health Jammu

Jammu & Kashmir Health Care Investment Policy: All You Need to Know

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The Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC) recently has approved the ‘State Health Care Investment Policy-2019’ aimed at promoting private parties and entrepreneurs to set up healthcare infrastructure in the state. The policy is expected to improve accessibility of quality healthcare services to the people, promote establishment of hospital, medical and allied educational infrastructure and establish the state … Read more

Hit by politics, AIIMS stone to be finally laid on Feb 3

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Samba district’s Vijaypur on February 3, the much-ambitious project has faced an inordinate delay of three years due to petty politics of the previous PDP-BJP coalition. Going by political controversies surrounding the … Read more

Everything you need to know about the shortage of Doctors in Jammu & Kashmir

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There is a grave dearth of doctors in our state. But how few are they? Let’s examine: According to standards set by the World Health Organisation, WHO, the doctor patient ratio should be 1:500 In many western countries, the ratio is a little generous being 1:1000. But in our Jammu & Kashmir, the ratio is … Read more

My Words: Gym Culture Fast Catching Up in Jammu

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Written By Namita Sharma With Jammu catching up with the fast paced city-life and nuances of making of a smart city, Jammuites have also opted for a ‘Smart’ and Healthy lifestyle. In the last one year a lot of gyms are mushrooming across the length and breadth of Jammu city. Jammuites have become health conscious … Read more

Why Does Jammu Have a Drug Problem? The Untold Story

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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