Leh, Oct 17: The four-day long program under DAKSHATA for Training of Trainers (ToT) on Technical Update and Skills Standardization for Maternal and Newborn care organised by National Health Mission, UT Ladakh in collaboration with Jhpiego-India concluded at SNM Hospital, Leh.
The training program aimed to empower healthcare providers for ensuring quality care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum period to reduce newborn mortality rates in UT Ladakh.
The skill-based trainin...
Doctor, a sincere doctor, a responsible doctor, a doctor loyal to his pledge to be a doctor who serves 24×7 for the public. In a district like Kargil where doctors are short, a doctor hardly manages to take complete sleep, hardly take a relaxed meal, and hardly spends a good time with family. Thus, they don’t need anyone else to add to their stress.
The doctors at the district hospital Kargil complained of inhumane and misbehavior from a section of the public. Starting from entering the d...
Simulation Labs, Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers, MRI machine to be procured soon
Leh, October 04: The Principal Secretary of the Health & Medical Education Department, Dr. Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting to review new projects/DPRs of the Health Department.
Additional Secretary, Health, Dr. Iftikhar Chowdhury apprised the meeting that to provide an in-depth learning experience to medical practitioners and medical students, a DPR for Simulation Labs will be submitted soon. These realistic-lo...
Leh, Sept 27: The State Health Society under National Health Mission, UT Ladakh organised a two-day workshop on Health System Strengthening and IPHS 2022 at Hotel Paradise Ladakh, Leh.
The workshop aims to orient Block and District Officials regarding Health System strengthening and IPHS Guidelines- 2022.
The workshop especially focused on Emergency, Critical Care and support services, Referral Transport Services, ECRP-II and Supportive Supervision, Integrated Public Health Laboratory ...
Leh, Sep 07: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Health & Medical Education Department, UT Ladakh and Energy Efficiency Services Limited, for providing energy efficiency and clean energy projects for Health Institutions, in the presence of Principal Secretary H&ME Dr. Pawan Kotwal here Tuesday.
The objective of the MoU is to create enabling framework for collaboration between the H&ME Department and EESL under the areas of mutual interest toward promotion of integra...
VoL Desk, July 26: Chairman and CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Mr. Feroz Ahmed Khan, inaugurated 500 LPM PSA Oxygen Plant installed by NHPC Ltd. under CSR&SD initiative at District Hospital, Kargil.
On the occasion, Executive Councillor for Works and Power, Mr. Syed Mehdi, Group General Manager, Chutak Power Station & Nimoo Bazgo Power Station Mr. Bikram Singh, and Cjief Medical Officer, Dr. Munwar Hussain Wazir, were present.
With the objective to save life and in view of immense demand of medical o...
Leh, Jul 3 (PTI) A Delhi-based private company of doctors on Sunday proposed providing telemedicine facilities in remote areas of Ladakh, an official spokesman said.
The proposal was submitted by a delegation of doctors led by the director of Medijunction smart healthcare private limited which called on Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur in New Delhi, he said.
The spokesman said the delegation proposed providing telemedicine healthcare facilities along with the physical presence of ...
Beneficiaries to get health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year
Leh, July 2: State Health Agency, UT Ladakh launched Aapke Dwar Ayushman programme under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri, Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme at SNM Hospital, Leh in the presence of Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Dr. Pawan Kotwal. He also flagged off two vehicles for the camp of Aapke Dwar Ayushman to Nubra and Kargil, respectively.
AB-PMJAY is a centrally sponsored scheme funde...
Otherwise, they are liable to pay a penalty of Rs 50 lakh, according to an order issued last week by Ladakh’s Health and Medical Education Department.
KARGIL, JUNE 28: Faced with an acute shortage of doctors, the administration in Ladakh has modified its government service policy and made it mandatory for those who get admission in medical colleges in Jammu Kashmir and elsewhere in the country against seats reserved for Ladakh to compulsorily serve in the UT for a minimum five years after...
VoL Desk, June 27: The Office of the Deputy Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Leh has directed to close Lamdon Senior Secondary School, Leh as influenzas like illness reported from the school.
The Chief Medical Officer reported 91 cases of influenzas type illness cases from the school students.
Subsequently, the DC who is also the District Disaster Management Authority in a letter to the Principal, Lamdon Sr. Secondary School, Leh ordered the closure of the school.
The Admin...
