Large-scale healthcare infrastructure projects and systematic upgradation of services at the grassroots level have played a pivotal role in redefining the healthcare landscape of Jammu & Kashmir, an official said on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department; Director, SKIMS; principals of Government Medical Colleges; Director, Coordination; and other senior officers of the department.
Reddy was on a visit to Visakhapatnam and Narsipatnam, and his tour garnered huge excitement among YSRCP supporters who spilled over onto the streets, braving heavy rain.
The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
He made this statement while chairing a review meeting of the Medical Education Department on Saturday.
Faculties associated with different departments in government medical colleges across the state from now will have to take written clearance from principals of respective teaching hospitals before meeting health bosses at Swasthya Bhaban, health department headquarters at Salt Lake.
Narayan Swarup Nigam, the state health principal secretary, today asked them to personally take note of the conditions of the junior doctors undergoing treatment at different state medical colleges and set up medical boards, if necessary, for proper treatment.
The agitators started their protest at Dorina Crossing at Esplanade till the administration solved their unresolved demands within the stipulated deadline.
Medical professionals across the country held a brainstorming session on strengthening the healthcare system, students' curriculum and learning patterns among other topics.
Junior doctors from various medical colleges and hospitals across West Bengal on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the Swasthya Bhaban, demanding justice for the rape and murder and increased security in their workplaces.
