Advisor Kumar for coordinated efforts to strengthen health infra in J&K

Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today said that various projects initiated by the Government for strengthening of health infrastructure and Medical and Nursing Education in the state would give boost to the state’s health sector.

The Advisor made the remarks while addressing Chief MedicalOfficers (CMOs) Conference organized by the Department of Health and MedicalEducation, here today.

   

Financial Commissioner H&ME, Atal Dulloo, MissionDirector NHM Bhupinder Kumar, MD JKMSCL Shiv Gupta, Director Family Welfare DrArun Sharma, Director ISM, Principal GMC Srinagar Dr Parvaiz A Shah, DirectorCoordination, Dr Yashpal Sharma, Drug Controller D&FCO Lotika Khajuria,Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Kunzes Dolma, Project Director JKSACS, Dr MushtaqA Rather, other officers and CMOs of Kashmir division attended the conference.

Besides, Principal GMC Jammu Dr Sunanda Raina, DirectorHealth Services Jammu Dr Sameer Mattoo and CMOs of Jammu division attended theconference through video-conferencing.

The conference highlighted the key issues and actionrequired for operationalization of various projects including five new MedicalColleges, five New Nursing Colleges, 21 ANM/GNM Schools, Government AyurvedicMedical College, Akhnoor and Government Unani Medical College Ganderbal, 771Health and Wellness Centres, Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences(Centre of Excellence) at Srinagar, 34 Jan Aushadhi and 16 AMRIT Stores inPublic Hospitals of the State, three additional Trauma Centres, 102/108 ambulanceservice, timely completion of pending/incomplete projects under PMDP, provisionof Kidney Transplant Services at GMC Srinagar, starting DNB courses (225 seats)in 16 facilities, establishment of State Cancer Institute at GMC Jammu andestablishment of Medical Rapid Response System in each district.

The Advisor said many important projects were underway andto ensure their completion in a given timeframe, coordinated and energizedefforts are required. Later, a detailed presentation was made by Financial CommissionerH&ME, Atal Dulloo to appraise the Advisor about the achievements made bythe department in terms of strengthening of health infrastructure and MedicalEducation in the state.

Dulloo also briefed the Advisor about the status of keyhealth indicators of J&K, steps taken to strengthen legal and policyframework and efforts being made for strengthening human resource for health.

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