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Srinagar, Feb 25: Alarmed by rising death toll in road accidents, Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to replicate the model of Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, AIIMS, at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute…

Srinagar: Career of hundreds of trained nurses is at stake after Government Medical College, Baramulla, arbitrarily tweaked eligibility rules and sought applications from M.Sc (Nursing) pass-outs to fill up the vacancies of…

Srinagar, Feb 17: Healthcare system is at the verge of collapse as government is dragging its feet to fill up the vacancies of nurses in major hospitals across the valley. According to…

Srinagar: A research scholar, who returned from Coronavirus-affected China, was on Thursday quarantined at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as a precautionary measure. Doctors attending on him said the patient,…

Srinagar, Feb 11: Eleven patients have been admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) after they tested positive for H1N1inflenza (swine flu). Fourteen patients were tested positive, of who three have…

Srinagar, Feb 9: “Men haven’t got breasts, they have chests,” Abdul Majid (name-changed), 60, an orchardist from South Kashmir tried to reason with the doctor when he was tested positive for cancer…

Srinagar, Feb 3: Inside an old nondescript building at Srinagar’s Barazulla locality, the soft February sun sieves through the windows and lights up the profile of a man in earnest contemplation seated in…

Srinagar: Hypertension is the major contributing factor to the burden of non-communicable diseases in Kashmir, a new study by Government Medical College, Srinagar, has revealed. Entitled “Prevalence of Hypertension and its Association…

Srinagar, Jan 26: Imagine a city with sustainable eco-friendly buildings that reduce asthma, allergy and sick building syndrome. Thanks to Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL), new environment-friendly buildings are being lined up…