JK Gases supplying 1200 Oxygen Cylinders daily to hospitals
SRINAGAR: While Jammu & Kashmir Government has augmented capacity of oxygen production at different hospitals on war footing; Private Industrial Sector is also lending support to Government in its fight against Covid crisis with the production of Oxygen in their industrial Units. One such unit, JK Gases, situated at Old Airport Rangreth, Srinagar has come […]
DM Shopian applauds public for adhering to SOPs
SHOPIAN: The District Magistrate (DM) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya Saturday applauded the people of Shopian for strictly adhering to the Covid-19 SOPs especially on the occasions of Jummat-ul-Vida, Shab-e-Qadar and Eid-ul-Fitar and observing corona curfew in letter and spirit. The DC said that this covid appropriate behaviour of the public has helped greatly in containing […]
Anantnag gets additional facility for Covid tests
ANANTNAG: Acting upon the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ghulam Hassan Sheikh Saturday operationalized Covid-19 RT-PCR sample collection and Rapid Antigen Testing center at GHSS, Ranibagh Anantnag. The facility has been made functional to decongest the premises of Government Medical College Anantnag and will go a long way in […]
‘BSF trooper dies of cardiac arrest in Uri’
Uri (Baramulla): A Border Security Forces trooper has died of a heart attack here on Saturday afternoon, official sources said. They said that Constable Manjeet Kumar (33), resident of district Dumka in Jharkhand, of 23 Battalion BSF posted at Chand post along LoC in Uri, part of a patrolling team suddenly felt dizziness, vomiting and […]
35-yr-old man from south Kashmir found dead
Srinagar: A 35-year-old man from Kund belt of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district was found hanging in a rented accommodation in Upper Bazar area of Qazigund on Saturday. An official said that the man identified as Shabir Ahmad Naikoo(35) son of Sonaullah Naikoo, a resident of Waripora Kund was found hanging at Upper Bazar Qazigund. He […]
Provide free Covid-19 treatment to media persons: Director IPS writes to LG Sinha
Srinagar: Director ‘Institute of Perception Studies and Rate The Debate’ New Delhi, Dr Kota Neelima has urged the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha to provide free Covid-19 treatment for Media persons and their immediate families in private and government hospitals. Dr Kota has written a letter to LG Sinha, suggesting several measures […]
Labourer dies at construction site of Z-Morh Tunnel
Ganderbal: A labourer died after a cement plate fell on him during the construction work on Z-Morh tunnel in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Under-construction 6.5 km long road Z-Morh Tunnel will connect Kashmir with Ladakh round the year. Police sources said that a labourer came under a heavy cement plate leaving him grievously injured. The […]
GMC augments several facilities in one year
Adds dialysis centre, LMO reservoir, oxygen generation plant, others
JAMMU: ‘Government Medical College Jammu has made far-reaching improvement in Covid mitigation measures over the past year. “We have increased the number of Covid-care beds, installed a dialysis facility and started an oxygen generation plant in addition to a number of other improvements,” said Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, GMC Jammu, Dr Kailash Singh. Giving […]
District Admin Srinagar to set up Star PHCs
SRINAGAR: To further strengthen the patient care facilities in Srinagar, the District Administration, Srinagar is setting up five Model Primary Health Centers termed as STAR PHCs at different locations in the district. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad during his visit to different primary level Health care centres in […]
DC Srinagar conducts surprise inspection of Medical shops
8 chemist stores sealed for violating norms
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Saturday ordered for immediate suspension of operations of 8 Chemist Shops in Srinagar for contravention of rules like absence of qualified persons, not maintaining sale purchase records, unhygienic conditions, cold storage drugs not maintained properly, records of psychotropic drugs not maitained in violation of norms and […]