Punjabs Chief Minister Health Scheme: Government Stays Connected with Patients Post-Discharge
Chandigarh, August 28: The Chief Minister Health Scheme, initiated by the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab, prioritizes the health of its citizens. Even after patients are discharged from hospitals, the government maintains contact through the 104 health helpline, ensuring their well-being. For Hardev Singh from Mansa, treatment under the Chief Minister Health Scheme did not ... Read more Punjabs Chief Minister Health Scheme: Government Stays Connected with Patients Post-Discharge
Kanda Express carrying 453 tonnes of onion reaches Delhi as prices surge
The first 'Kanda Express', a dedicated rail rake, carrying about 453.65 tonnes of onion from Nashik in Maharashtra arrived in Delhi on Friday, as part of the government's efforts to boost supplies in the national capital and nearby cities and rein in prices. The first Kanda Express, carrying 453.65 tonnes of onion in 21 wagons, reached the national capital in the morning, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare told PTI. The onion, stored at Nashik, will be sold at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg in Delhi-NCR. Some of the stock will also be sent to nearby cities such as Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jammu, she said. The Centre currently holds about 1.21 lakh tonnes of onion as buffer stock under the Price Stabilisation Fund. Khare said a Kanda Express rake bound for Chennai would be loaded on Friday, followed by rakes for three other destinations -- Madurai, Ernakulam and Guwahati -- one after another. The impact of the buffer stock release is expected to bring down retail onion pri
Providing quality health care to citizens is our obligation: CM Omar
Srinagar, Aug 27:Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called for a balanced and integrated healthcare strategy that combines the development of advanced quaternary care with strengthening of primary and secondary healthcare services across Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the valedictory function of the Quaternary Healthcare and Research Summit: 4th J&K Medical Conference-2026 at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), CM Omar said that while scaling tertiary healthcare into the fourth tier would enhance the capacity to provide highly specialised treatment, it must be accompanied by focused efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery at the grassroots. The three-day summit, held from August 25 to 27, was organised by the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, under the aegis of NITI Aayog, Government of India, in strategic collaboration with AIIMS New Delhi and PGIMER Chandigarh, along with AIIMS Jammu and AIIMS Awantipora. The conference was themed 'Scaling Tertiary into Quaternary Healthcare: A National Strategy for Advanced Care.' The CM said providing quality healthcare to citizens was one of the fundamental obligations of the government, adding that the medical profession was characterised by continuous learning, innovation and advancement. Referring to the concept of quaternary healthcare discussed during the summit, CM Omar said the fourth tier could play an important role in decongesting tertiary care institutions. However, he cautioned that merely creating a higher tier would not adequately address the pressures confronting premier healthcare institutions unless the underlying gaps in the primary and secondary healthcare system were addressed. While there are certain aspects of quality care that can certainly be improved by upgrading SKIMS to a quaternary healthcare institution, the fact is that it will not resolve the pressures that SKIMS finds itself under. These pressures are not because of a top-down vacuum; they are because of a weakness at the foundation level, the CM said. He said that institutions such as SKIMS were essentially referral hospitals meant to cater to patients requiring highly specialised treatment. However, gaps at the primary and secondary levels often resulted in premier tertiary institutions having to undertake procedures and treatments that should ideally be available at lower levels of healthcare. CM Omar cited routine surgical procedures such as gallbladder and appendicitis surgeries as examples of the burden being placed on tertiary institutions because of deficiencies in the lower tiers of the healthcare system. This defeats the purpose of the entire three-tier model of tertiary, secondary and primary healthcare, he said, stressing that strengthening the foundation of the healthcare system was essential for the successful functioning of both tertiary and quaternary institutions. The CM welcomed the conference held under the aegis of NITI Aayog and described the participation of leading institutions such as AIIMS New Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh and J&Ks own institutions as an important opportunity for meaningful collaboration. He expressed hope that the engagement would translate into sustained cooperation, knowledge-sharing and institutional partnerships, particularly as J&K works towards strengthening its advanced healthcare ecosystem in line with the vision of a developed India by 2047. CM Omar said the government would have to remain equally focused on ensuring access to good-quality basic healthcare beyond the two major urban centres of Jammu and Srinagar. We need to ensure good quality healthcare in rural J&K. I am not saying that we can either target or expect to provide SKIMS quality care in rural J&K. That is not the aim. But what we need to be able to ensure is that we can provide good quality basic healthcare beyond the two twin capital cities of J&K, he said. The CM said a combination of strong primary and secondary healthcare services with an advanced level of specialised quaternary care would place Jammu and Kashmir in a stronger position to meet the healthcare needs of its people. He also underlined the importance of ensuring that patients from J&K do not have to travel outside for advanced treatment. CM Omar recalled that SKIMS was established with the fundamental objective of providing the most needy patients with the best possible healthcare within J&K. That is what we hope going ahead as SKIMS transitions from tertiary care to the fourth tier, he said, assuring that the government would make every possible effort, within the financial limitations of J&K, to provide SKIMS with the infrastructure required for its next phase of development. The CM said infrastructure remained one of the principal factors determining the ability of healthcare institutions to retain and attract highly skilled professionals. He expressed confidence in the quality of human resources available in J&K, saying its doctors, nurses and paramedical staff were second to none. Our human resource is second to none. Our nurses, our paramedics and more than anything else our doctors are the best that you will find, CM Omar said. Highlighting the presence of J&K-trained doctors in every continent around the world, particularly in the Gulf and Middle East, he said many professionals were compelled to seek opportunities outside of J&K because of limitations in facilities and infrastructure. The CM called for a concerted effort to create conditions that could facilitate a reverse brain drain, enabling doctors from J&K working outside to return and contribute to the healthcare system in their home state. How do we ensure that we provide the best possible facilities, the best possible infrastructure so that we can create a situation where tomorrow there is a reverse brain drain? Instead of exporting our doctors from J&K, we start welcoming many of them back to our own shores, he said. CM Omar said achieving this objective would strengthen both tertiary and quaternary healthcare in J&K and contribute significantly towards building a self-reliant and advanced healthcare system. He emphasised that the recommendations emerging from the summit should move beyond being a theoretical exercise and be translated into action on ground, practically . I hope that the recommendations are not only a theoretical exercise but are put in a shape where they can be given practical implementation, the CM said. He said the summit had provided a valuable platform for collaboration among premier healthcare institutions, NITI Aayog, policymakers, clinicians and researchers, and expressed hope that the deliberations would result in tangible improvements in healthcare delivery and advanced medical services in J&K. On the occasion, CM Omar released the book Platinum Pearls in General Surgery Super Specialities and the souvenir SKIMS Journey of Transformation. He also presented awards to nine winners of the Quiz Competition, Poster Presentation and Oral Presentation categories. Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Masood Itoo, MLA PamporeRetd Justice HasnainMasoodi, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Dheeraj Gupta, Director SKIMS Prof Mohammad Ashraf Ganie, Dean SKIMS Medical College Prof Fazlul Q Parray and Organising Co-Chair Prof Aejaz Ahsan Baba were present on the occasion. Former Directors of SKIMS, faculty members, officers of SKIMS and officers and officials of the Health and Medical Education Department also attended the valedictory ceremony. The summit brought together leading medical institutions, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and healthcare professionals to deliberate on advanced care, research, institutional collaboration and the roadmap for scaling tertiary healthcare into a quaternary healthcare ecosystem.
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Punjab Government Takes Strict Action Against Absent Officials
Chandigarh, August 28: The Punjab government has issued directives for strict action against government employees who are unauthorizedly absent from duty. A notification regarding this has also been released. According to official sources, a letter from the Punjab governments Personnel Department, dated August 27, 2026, indicates that complaints have been received through various channels about ... Read more Punjab Government Takes Strict Action Against Absent Officials
CM calls for reverse brain drain to bring J&K doctors back home
Srinagar, Aug 27: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called for a concerted effort to create conditions that could facilitate a reverse brain drain, enabling doctors from Jammu and Kashmir working outside to return and contribute to the healthcare system in their home state. How do we ensure that we provide the best possible facilities, the best possible infrastructure so that we can create a situation where tomorrow there is a reverse brain drain? Instead of exporting our doctors from J&K, we start welcoming many of them back to our own shores, he said, addressing the valedictory function of the Quaternary Healthcare & Research Summit: 4th J&K Medical Conference-2026 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC). The Chief Minister said achieving this objective would strengthen both tertiary and quaternary healthcare in J&K and contribute significantly towards building a self-reliant and advanced healthcare system. He called for a balanced and integrated healthcare strategy that combines the development of advanced quaternary care with strengthening of primary and secondary healthcare services across Jammu and Kashmir. Omar said that while scaling tertiary healthcare into the fourth tier would enhance the capacity to provide highly specialised treatment, it must be accompanied by focused efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery at the grassroots. The three-day summit, held from August 25 to 27, was organised by the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, under the aegis of NITI Aayog, Government of India, in strategic collaboration with AIIMS New Delhi and PGIMER Chandigarh, along with AIIMS Jammu and AIIMS Awantipora. The conference was themed Scaling Tertiary into Quaternary Healthcare: A National Strategy for Advanced Care. The Chief Minister said providing quality healthcare to citizens was one of the fundamental obligations of the government, adding that the medical profession was characterised by continuous learning, innovation and advancement. Referring to the concept of quaternary healthcare discussed during the summit, Omar Abdullah said the fourth tier could play an important role in decongesting tertiary care institutions. However, he cautioned that merely creating a higher tier would not adequately address the pressures confronting premier healthcare institutions unless the underlying gaps in the primary and secondary healthcare system were addressed. While there are certain aspects of quality care that can certainly be improved by upgrading SKIMS to a quaternary healthcare institution, the fact is that it will not resolve the pressures that SKIMS finds itself under. These pressures are not because of a top-down vacuum; they are because of a weakness at the foundation level, he said. The Chief Minister observed that institutions such as SKIMS were essentially referral hospitals meant to cater to patients requiring highly specialised treatment. However, gaps at the primary and secondary levels often resulted in premier tertiary institutions having to undertake procedures and treatments that should ideally be available at lower levels of healthcare. He cited routine surgical procedures such as gallbladder and appendicitis surgeries as examples of the burden being placed on tertiary institutions because of deficiencies in the lower tiers of the healthcare system. This defeats the purpose of the entire three-tier model of tertiary, secondary and primary healthcare, he said, stressing that strengthening the foundation of the healthcare system was essential for the successful functioning of both tertiary and quaternary institutions. Omar Abdullah welcomed the conference held under the aegis of NITI Aayog and described the participation of leading institutions such as AIIMS New Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh and J&Ks own institutions as an important opportunity for meaningful collaboration. He expressed hope that the engagement would translate into sustained cooperation, knowledge-sharing and institutional partnerships, particularly as J&K works towards strengthening its advanced healthcare ecosystem in line with the vision of a developed India by 2047. The Chief Minister said the government would have to remain equally focused on ensuring access to good-quality basic healthcare beyond the two major urban centres of Jammu and Srinagar. We need to ensure good quality healthcare in rural J&K. I am not saying that we can either target or expect to provide SKIMS quality care in rural J&K. That is not the aim. But what we need to be able to ensure is that we can provide good quality basic healthcare beyond the two twin capital cities of J&K, he said. He said a combination of strong primary and secondary healthcare services with an advanced level of specialised quaternary care would place Jammu and Kashmir in a stronger position to meet the healthcare needs of its people. The Chief Minister also underlined the importance of ensuring that patients from J&K do not have to travel outside for advanced treatment. He recalled that SKIMS was established with the fundamental objective of providing the most needy patients with the best possible healthcare within J&K. That is what we hope going ahead as SKIMS transitions from tertiary care to the fourth tier, he said, assuring that the government would make every possible effort, within the financial limitations of J&K, to provide SKIMS with the infrastructure required for its next phase of development. Omar Abdullah said infrastructure remained one of the principal factors determining the ability of healthcare institutions to retain and attract highly skilled professionals. He expressed confidence in the quality of human resources available in J&K, saying its doctors, nurses and paramedical staff were second to none. Our human resource is second to none. Our nurses, our paramedics and more than anything else our doctors are the best that you will find, he said. Highlighting the presence of J&K-trained doctors in every continent around the world, particularly in the Gulf and Middle East, the Chief Minister said many professionals were compelled to seek opportunities outside of J&K because of limitations in facilities and infrastructure. He also emphasised that the recommendations emerging from the summit should move beyond being a theoretical exercise and be translated into action on ground, practically. I hope that the recommendations are not only a theoretical exercise but are put in a shape where they can be given practical implementation, he said. Omar Abdullah said the summit had provided a valuable platform for collaboration among premier healthcare institutions, NITI Aayog, policymakers, clinicians and researchers, and expressed hope that the deliberations would result in tangible improvements in healthcare delivery and advanced medical services in J&K. On the occasion, the Chief Minister released the book Platinum Pearls in General Surgery Super Specialities and the souvenir SKIMS Journey of Transformation. He also presented awards to nine winners of the Quiz Competition, Poster Presentation and Oral Presentation categories. Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Masood Itoo, MLA Pampore Retd Justice Hasnain Masoodi, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Dheeraj Gupta, Director SKIMS Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ganie, Dean SKIMS Medical College Prof. Dr. Fazlul Q. Parray and Organizing Co-Chair Prof. Dr. Aejaz Ahsan Baba were present on the occasion. Former Directors of SKIMS, faculty members, officers of SKIMS and officers and officials of the Health and Medical Education Department also attended the valedictory ceremony. The summit brought together leading medical institutions, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and healthcare professionals to deliberate on advanced care, research, institutional collaboration and the roadmap for scaling tertiary healthcare into a quaternary healthcare ecosystem.
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Chandigarh:Cartoon characters, eco-rakhis still a crowd puller
That ritual may now have a digital alternative, but in the markets of Chandigarh, still looks much the same. Rakhi stalls begin to brighten up the streets, with colourful threads and eye-catching designs
Chandigarh University Establishes Collaborations with Leading Companies for Internships & Placements across Legal Studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Punjab University Announces Walk-In Interviews for Project Assistant and Other Positions
Chandigarh, August 27: Good news for those seeking employment at a prestigious university in India. Punjab University, Chandigarh, has released an official notification inviting applications for various temporary positions, including Project Assistant, under the State Support Mission as a Lead Knowledge Institution (LKI) for the fiscal year 2026-27. The vacancies announced by Punjab University include ... Read more Punjab University Announces Walk-In Interviews for Project Assistant and Other Positions
Simran Dil Bahadur: Wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia and batting all-rounder Anushka Sharma have been named captains of the India A squads for the upcoming multi-format home series against Australia A, the BCCI said on Thursday. Anushka will lead India A in the T20 games, with seam-bowling all-rounder Sayali Satghare acting as her deputy. Yastika will come to take charge of both the 50-over squad and the red-ball sides, with Anushka serving as vice-captain in those two formats. The womens selection committee have made notable structural adjustments across formats when compared to the India A squads that toured England in July and won the 50-over series. In the T20 setup, top-order batter Tejal Hasabnis, fast bowler Sayali Satghare, wicketkeeper Shipra Giri, and Sujata Dey have earned call-ups. They replace G Kamalini, Purvaja Verlekar, Saima Thakor, and Deeya Yadav from the unit that played in England. For the 50-over matches, Yastika, the first batter to hit a century in a womens Test match at Lords, steps in to captain the side. The one-day roster features new additions in left-arm wrist-spinner Amandeep Kaur and pacer Akshita Bhagat, alongside Tejal Hasabnis and Anushka Sharma, who missed out on the previous 50-over leg in England. They come into the 50-over team in place of Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal, G Kamalini, Tanuja Kanwer, and Saima Thakor. The squad for the multi-day fixture in Dharamshala sees the inclusion of Test batter Shubha Satheesh, all-rounder Sushree Dibyadarshini, left-arm spinner Shuchi Upadhyay, and wicketkeeper Mamata Madiwala. The series will commence with three T20 matches in New Chandigarh on September 12, 15, and 17, respectively. The action then shifts to the PCA Stadium in Mohali for three 50-over fixtures scheduled for September 20, 23, and 25, respectively. The tour will conclude with the four-day match in Dharamshala, to be played from September 29 to October 2. India A T20 games squad: Anushka Sharma (captain), Sayali Satghare (vc), Vrinda Dinesh, Sujata Dey, Tejal Hasabnis, Nikki Prasad, Shipra Giri (wk), Shweta Sehrawat, Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Minnu Mani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnam Shakeel, and Simran Dil Bahadur The series will commence with three T20 matches in New Chandigarh on September 12, 15, and 17, respectively. The action then shifts to the PCA Stadium in Mohali for three 50-over fixtures scheduled for September 20, 23, and 25, respectively. The tour will conclude with the four-day match in Dharamshala, to be played from September 29 to October 2. Also Read: Special Cricket Stories India A Multi-Day game squad: Yastika Bhatia (captain & wk), Anushka Sharma (vc), Shubha Satheesh, Priya Punia, Tanisha Singh, Tejal Hasabnis, Nikki Prasad, Mamata Madiwala (wk), Sushree Dibyadarshini, Shuchi Upadhyay, Vaishnavi Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnam Shakeel, and Akshita Bhagat Article Source: IANS
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1 Kashmir-tested antibiotic among 199 samples flagged in CDSCOs July alert
Srinagar, Aug 26:A Cefpodoxime dispersible tablet sample tested through DTL, Dalgate Srinagar has failed description test, and is listed among the 199 flagged samples found Not of Standard Quality by Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO). The country-wide alert includes medicines, cosmetics and medical devices found NSQ or misbranded. One product, Diabetes All Powder has been declared spurious. The spurious drug sample tested at Chattrapati Sambhajinagar Lab in Maharashtra raises serious concerns about a formulation that was being sold for life-threatening disease diabetes. The CDSCO has a robust network of laboratories across states and UTs for ensuing quality healthcare formulations, disposables, devices and other items in healthcare. The batch of Cefpodoxime Dispersible Tablets Nexopod-100DT is an antibiotic sample reported by the Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL), Dalgate, Srinagar. It has been included among 199 drug, cosmetic and medical-device samples flagged by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) in its July 2026 State Drug Alert. The antibiotic sample was recorded as failing the Description test. The product Cefpodoxime Dispersible Tablets Nexopod -100DT, with batch number BL-033E25 is the NSQ sample listed. Its manufacturing date is listed as May-2025, while the expiry is Apr-2027. The manufacturer has been identified as Austin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Antibiotics remain among the medicines routinely used across clinics and hospitals. The CDSCO's July alert covers a broad range of pharmaceutical and healthcare products, including antibiotics, antidiabetics, antihypertensives, analgesics, gastrointestinal medicines, cardiovascular drugs, corticosteroids, antiepileptics, vitamin and mineral preparations, including injections. It also lists medical devices and cosmetic products. The 199 samples have been flagged under different categories of quality and compliance failures, involving parameters such as assay, dissolution, disintegration, identification, description, pH, sterility, uniformity of weight, content of active ingredients and compliance with label claims. Many products have been classified as misbranded. The July list contains several other antibiotic formulations including Cefixime Dispersible Tablets IP. Many formulations of Amoxycillin and Potassium Clavulanate Tablets IP, a commonly prescribed antibiotic combination have failed quality tests. A Levofloxacin Tablets IP 500 mgandCefpodoximeProxetil-Clavulanic Acid have also been listed as NSQ. Pantoprazole Tablets IP, manufactured by Finecure Pharmaceuticals, is among the products listed, alongside Methotrexate Tablets IP 7.5 mg manufactured by Macmillon Pharmaceuticals, Calcium and Vitamin D3 Tablets IP manufactured by Cureza Healthcare, Pregabalin Capsules IP 300 mg manufactured by Divine Medicare, Itraconazole 100 mg manufactured by MK Healthcare. The July alert also includes Calcium and Vitamin D3 Tablets IP. Failures extend to injections and topical medicines. Shockingly, Oxytocin Injection IP 5 IU/ml. The July 2026 State Drug Alert reflects quality-control findings reported by laboratories across multiple jurisdictions, including Punjab, Rajasthan, Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh.
Former CM Bhupinder Hooda Criticizes BJP for Gurugrams Decline
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Advanced healthcare must reach smaller districts: LG Sinha
Srinagar, Aug 26: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called for making advanced healthcare accessible beyond major cities and specialised institutions, saying the country must bridge the gap between what modern medicine can provide and what is actually available to people in smaller districts and remote areas. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the National Summit on Quaternary Healthcare: A National Strategy for Advanced Care at SKICC Srinagar, Sinha said the challenge of providing advanced healthcare is not confined to Jammu and Kashmir but was being faced across the country. Recalling his visit to a health centre near Akhnoor during the administrations Back to Village programme amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sinha said a conversation with doctors there made him realise the difficulties faced by patients requiring diagnosis and treatment for complex diseases. He said one of the doctors had told him that families often brought sick children to the health centre hoping for proper diagnosis and treatment, but the absence of equipment for diagnosing complex diseases left doctors helpless. Sinha said the lack of specialised facilities often forced families from remote areas to undertake long journeys to Jammu, Chandigarh or Delhi in search of treatment. I feel that the patience of the mother and the patience of the father is not just in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, stressing that the issue was much wider and required a national approach. The Lieutenant Governor said India had made significant progress in healthcare over the past 1012 years, including expansion of health insurance coverage, vaccination programmes, medical education and healthcare infrastructure. He said the country had also witnessed a substantial expansion of medical infrastructure, with new AIIMS, medical colleges and MBBS seats being created across the country, including in Jammu and Kashmir. Sinha, however, said a significant gap continued to exist between the capabilities of modern medicine and their actual availability to people. There is a gap and there is a distance. Earlier, perhaps, we did not think in this manner because our resources were limited. But I feel now, as the doctors were saying, the country is thinking on a much larger scale, he said. He said the healthcare sector must now be viewed in the larger context of the vision of a Viksit Bharat, with greater emphasis on advanced care, research and specialised treatment. Referring to institutions such as AIIMS Delhi, PGI Chandigarh and SKIMS Srinagar, Sinha said these institutions represented the countrys specialised healthcare capabilities, but stressed that a comprehensive healthcare ecosystem still required sustained efforts. This programme is important because you have deep knowledge of this subject, he told healthcare experts, researchers, scientists and administrators attending the summit. Sinha emphasised that hospitals should not merely function as treatment centres but should also become centres of research and innovation. We should not only make hospitals. We should also make them centres of research initiatives, he said, adding that clinical treatment and research should go hand in hand. He stressed that advanced healthcare centres should have access to every facility made possible by modern science. Every possibility that science allows should be available in the quaternary care centre, he said. On healthcare infrastructure and funding, Sinha said the government was making provisions through annual budgets to strengthen and modernise the sector. He said the countrys growing economy was creating greater opportunities for healthcare and expressed satisfaction that doctors and specialists were increasingly becoming available across different levels of care. The Lieutenant Governor said institutions such as NITI Aayog could play an important role in developing strategies to strengthen advanced healthcare and integrate it with existing systems. He also called for greater use of telemedicine to connect healthcare facilities across the Union Territory and ensure access to specialised expertise in remote areas. Advanced care without advanced doctors is not possible, Sinha said. Calling for greater cooperation among Himalayan states, he said they could jointly plan biomedical research and identify selected areas for coordinated research to address region-specific healthcare challenges. The summit brought together healthcare researchers, scientists, medical professionals, administrators and representatives of various institutions to deliberate on advanced and quaternary healthcare, clinical care, research and strengthening the overall healthcare ecosystem. Sinha said the ultimate objective should be to ensure that advances in medical science translate into accessible and affordable treatment for ordinary citizens, particularly those living away from major urban healthcare centres.(KNO)
Gurugram MP Meets Haryana Chief Minister Over Waterlogging Concerns
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Srinagar, Aug 25: Doctors from Jammu and Kashmir showcased their latest clinical research and its implications for the local population on the opening day of the three-day Quaternary Healthcare and Research Summit at SKICC, Srinagar, being held under the aegis of NITI Aayog, Govt. of India. The event is expected to witness the participation of senior officials and heads of premier medical institutions, including Director AIIMS New Delhi, Director PGIMER Chandigarh, Executive Director AIIMS Awantipora and Executive Director AIIMS Jammu. Director SKIMS, Prof. M. Ashraf Ganie, inaugurated the summit at SKICC and said the event was an important initiative aimed at strengthening tertiary healthcare institutions and advancing them towards quaternary healthcare. Expressing gratitude to NITI Aayog for endorsing the initiative, Prof. Ganie said the summit would deliberate on how tertiary care hospitals across the country could improve their services and provide the next level of quaternary healthcare while strengthening clinical research. He said the three-day programme had been divided into three major components. On the first day, faculty members and doctors from SKIMS and other medical colleges of Jammu and Kashmir presented research conducted during the previous year, with discussions focusing on its implications for the local population. The director said the second day will feature deliberations on national-level research and quaternary healthcare, with national and international experts sharing their expertise and perspectives. On the third day, heads of institutions and senior faculty members from Jammu and Kashmir will deliberate on strengthening collaboration in research, training and teaching. The summit aims to create a platform for collaboration among leading healthcare institutions, promote advanced clinical research and develop a roadmap for strengthening quaternary healthcare in the country. The summit, being held under the theme Scaling Tertiary into Quaternary Healthcare: A National Strategy for Advanced Care, brings together public health scientists, doctors and experts of national and international repute to deliberate on advanced healthcare, clinical research and innovation. The three-day summit is being jointly organised by Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, J&K Science, Technology & Innovation Council, Department of Science & Technology, Government of J&K and Ladakh Research Consortium.
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