DHSK disengages all contractual employees hired in wake of COVID-19 situation last year
DHSK disengages all contractual employees hired in wake of COVID-19 situation last year
Srinagar, Apr 08 (KNO): Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) Thursday issued a circular, disengaging all the contractual appointees, who were hired by the department in wake of extraordinary situation that had arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
In a circular, a copy of which lies with the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Director Health Services Kashmir directed all the Chief Medical Officers (CMO), Medical Superintendents and other Territorial offices to ensure that no contractual employee is working at their respective districts from 01-04-2021.
Srinagar emerges as COVID hotspot
Worries ahead for authorities as Srinagar-the summer capital of the Union Territory (UT) of J&K, is emerging as a hotspot, amid an influx of a huge number of tourists, this year.
After losing two successive tourist seasons, a ray of hope was rekindled among people associated with the tourism sector because a huge flow of tourists was witnessed in the first three months of this year but the recent surge in the corona positive cases, once again, created fear among them. During the last three days we have cancelled over a dozen package tours to Valley because once again panic gripped tourists coming from different parts of the country , Ashwani Sharma, a tourist agent, told International Business Times, adding, During the last three months we have witnessed huge flow of tourists to Kashmir Valley but during the last couple of days people are asking for the cancellations of bookings.
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Atal Dulloo chairs AEFI meeting over COVID-19 Vaccination programme
Says vaccination to start very soon across J&K
JAMMU: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, Friday chaired a meeting of Union Territory Level Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) regarding COVID-19 vaccination programme scheduled to begin shortly across Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Director Health Services Jammu, Principal Government Medical College Jammu, Drug Controller J&K, HODs Pediatrics, Medicine, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Forensic, Anesthesia and SPM of GMC Jammu while Director Health Services Kashmir, Principal GMC Kashmir, HODs Pediatrics, Medicine, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Forensic, Anesthesia and SPM of GMCs Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua, Rajouri, Doda, SKIMS Soura and JVC Bemina attended the meeting through video conferencing.
RTI activist calls for relaxing cumbersome process for getting health insurance cards KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/31/2020 12:59:15 PM
SRINAGAR Dec 30: Jammu & Kashmir RTI Movement has demanded that the Government must take steps to ensure to provide the health insurance card also called Golden Cards without any difficulty to people many of them are made to wait for months to get the same.
In a statement Chairman RTI Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat said that people especially those belonging to economically weaker sections of the society are facing challenges in getting the free treatment in Govt and private hospitals as they have not been provided the Golden Cards. Those who have applied haven t received it for a long time and many are not even being registered due to some technical issues especially in Chadoora area of Budgam district. This includes some cancer patients as well who are moving from pillar to post.