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Health

Sub-standard medicines being administered to patients in valley

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CAG report points out Govt failure to ensure independent quality check of drugs In the absence of a proper testing mechanism, sub-standard drugs continue to be in use in the various health institutions of Jammu and Kashmir. According to Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s report, around 50.95 lakh sub-standard tablets/capsules/injections, worth Rs 82.74 lakh, were found to be used in the health institutions. “Data collected from the state Drug and Food Controller Organization, Srinagar as well as Jammu showed that organization had lifted 1833 samples from health institutions during…

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Unborn baby dies after woman gets stuck in lift at LD Hospital

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A baby died in the womb after a pregnant woman got stuck in a lift at the Valley’s lone tertiary care maternity hospital, Lal Ded (LD). Officials said the woman (name withheld) from south Kashmir was stuck in the lift in the wee hours of Friday when a doctor was taking her for surgery. “Due to some technical snag in the lift, both woman and the accompanying doctor got stuck inside for around 45 minutes,” said a senior doctor at LD Hospital. The patient was being taken to the operation…

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At SMHS hospital, female patients robbed of right to privacy

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Patients see it a ‘sheer molestation’, castigates hospital authorities The door of the ultrasound room at SMHS hospital is left ajar, Sana (name changed) a girl in her early twenties peeps into the rooms and sees a group of men doing the examination of the patients. Scared to see no provision of privacy in the room, Sana tells her friend in a hushed up voice, “I will not go inside the room. You see they are making women to take off clothes in front of men.” Sana had to do…

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10 Health Tips to a happier Ramadan

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So Ramadan is already in and you’re thinking… How to stay healthy? If you want to avoid fasting headaches, weight gain and hunger pains read on for some tips on how to stay healthy this Ramadan. 1. Don’t skip suhur. This will help you avoid getting hungry during the day. Try to eat complex carbs and proteins at suhur, they take much longer to digest and this will effectively keep you feeling fuller for longer. Good options include yogurt parfaits, dried fruits, scrambled eggs, dates, raw nuts, labneh with whole…

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Two sweets manufacturing units sealed

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State Food Control Organisation on Thursday sealed two sweets manufacturing units here after these were found to be manufacturing food items in insanitary conditions which are detrimental to human health. Acting of a specific information, a team from FCO, led by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar Hilal Ahmad Mir raided various food business operators in the summer capital. Following the inspection, two units manufacturing sweets and confectionaries were sealed after the inspection team found these operating from unhygienic premises. ‘During inspection, two units namely Haldi Rahman and Mantassa Sweets were…

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Setup food testing labs in Jammu, Srinagar: High Court

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed the state government to initiate process for setting up two food testing labs at Jammu and Srinagar and for procuring mobile food testing vans. A division bench of Justices Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Ali Mohammad Magrey in its orders today observed that it hoped that before the next date, the two laboratories — one at Srinagar and one at Jammu — would be made functional. On May 24, while conceding that the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, had not been implemented…

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People throng ‘healing’ spring in Doda district

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Hundreds of people these days are flocking to Gandho area of Doda district from different corners of the country to take a dip in a spring which is believed to possess healing powers. Situated about 70 km away from district headquarters, the natural spring in Gandho subdivision is considered to be best for skin disorders, joint pains, blood pressure and headache. Even patients of paralyses are also reaching there. Mansa Mohammed, who came from Kathua, said, “I had a paralysis attack a few years back, but when we came to…

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AIIMS at Awantipora & Samba got Center’s approval

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The government today said it has received the Centre’s approval for establishing two All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), one each in Jammu and Kashmir divisions. The locations for establishing these two institutes have already been identified at Samba in Jammu and Awantipora in Kashmir. Minister of State for Health and Medical Education Asiea Naqash said this in a written reply to the questions of Rajesh Gupta and Rajiv Jasrotia during Question Hour in the state Assembly here today. The minister said that the approval from the Government of…

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HC seeks fresh status from DCs over Russian poplar ‘nuisance’

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‘2 lakh trees chopped in Kulgam, 4 lakh to be chopped in Pulwama’| DCs of Ganderbal, Bandipora districts directed to appear in person for ‘explanation’ The J&K government on Tuesday informed the High Court that nearly two lakh Russian poplar trees were cut down in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district so far while four lakh such trees will be chopped in Pulwama district this month. In his compliance report, Deputy Commissioner Kulgam stated that till the end of May 2016, about 1,88,027 poplars of Russian species have been cut down in…

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Chinese powder, urea being added to milk

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As the state struggles to tackle the menace of food adulteration which has led to an increase in cancer cases, adulteration in milk has too assumed dangerous proportions. Most of the dairies supplying milk to consumers in the winter capital are adding harmful ingredients to increase quantity and profits at the cost of people’s health. With rapid rise of population especially in urban areas over the past decade, the demand for milk has also increased, leading to its adulteration. The RS Pura area in Jammu district, which has a large…

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