Jammu: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired the maiden meeting of the COVID Apex Management Group to review the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation and accordingly calibrate strategies for its control and mitigation.To scientifically
Make docs available through Online mode for patients: LG to Admn
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 3: In order to strengthen COVID control efforts across the Union Territory, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today directed for constituting COVID Management teams consisting of DC, SP, CMO, other senior officers including Principal of the concerned Government Medical College at district level, wherever available, besides local monitoring teams at Block level, Tehsil Level and Panchayat level, for effective COVID Management.
The Lieutenant Governor was chairing a meeting with Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police from across the UT, through virtual mode to review the COVID scenario in J&K.
Now, non-domiciles can be appointed on Gazetted-level faculty posts in GMCs
Govind Sharma
JAMMU, May 3: As several posts in Government Medical Colleges (GMCs), particularly in new Medical Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir are lying vacant despite advertising the same several times in last 2-3 years, the UT Government has excluded such posts from the operation of the J&K Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Act 2010, thus paving way for the appointment of non-domicile candidates on these Gazetted-level teaching posts on academic arrangement basis.
Official sources told Excelsior that since their establishment, the five new Medical Colleges of J&K in Kathua, Doda, Rajouri, Anantnag and Baramulla have been reeling under shortage of Gazetted-level teaching/faculty posts, which is not only affecting teaching-learning process in these institutions but the threat of de-recognition is also looming large over these Medical Colleges.
J&K to conduct oxygen demand, supply audit, Establishes COVID war rooms
J&K to conduct oxygen demand, supply audit, Establishes COVID war rooms
JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired the maiden meeting of the COVID Apex Management Group to review the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation and accordingly calibrate strategies for its control and mitigation.
To scientifically ascertain the medical oxygen demand in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Secretary directed a detailed audit of oxygen demand across all hospitals and medical institutions. He directed constitution of divisional level teams to conduct the audit within two days and specify the requirement of gaseous oxygen to meet the needs of patients in COVID facilities, non-COVID hospitals, private hospitals, and Army hospitals. It was impressed upon the concerned to also include in the audit the estimation for future increase in COVID dedicated beds taking the existing tally from 4200 to 7000; and facilities t
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