VoL Desk, June 14: Iftikhar Hussain from the remote village of Sharchay, Batalik, has emerged as the top scorer in the NEET exam from Ladakh Union Territory, according to the recently announced NTA results. With an impressive score of 619 marks, Iftikhar’s achievement is commendable.
Iftikhar received his early education at a Government School in Batalik until the 8th grade and then pursued his high school studies at Mutahhary Public School in Baroo. For his higher secondary education, he...
VoL Desk, Nov. 12: Paramedical students from Ladakh aspiring for admission in private institutions of Jammu and Kashmir started a protest at Kargil House Jammu demanding the Administration to allow them to take admission in private paramedical institutions of Jammu and Kashmir.
The students were allegedly denied admission in paramedical colleges of Jammu and Kashmir as the Jammu and Kashmir institution has made it mandatory for students seeking admission to possess a J&K domicile certific...
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...
KARGIL, FEBRUARY 14, 2022: The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT), Kargil in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory, Ladakh Monday has demanded to revoke the Compulsory Service Bond for MBBS and BDS students. The letter also expressed resentment over not taking the LAHDC on board in such major decisions.
“The Administrative Department of Health and Medical Education, UT Ladakh has issued a Notification on 23th August 2021, making the execution of Compulsory Service Bonds for al...
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 13, 2022: Demanding revocation of the controversial Compulsory Service Bond for MBBS and BDS students by Ladakh Union Territory Administration, Medical students staged a protest here in Jammu today.
As per a notification dated August 23, 2021, by the Department of Health and Medical Education, UT Ladakh, it was maintained that before securing admission under ST quota, Ladakh union territory quota or any other quota, medical students have been asked to sign a bond tying the...
Leh, November 9: Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department, Dr Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting today to discuss the roadmap for the completion of pre-fabricated structures for the Academic Block of New Medical College at Leh.
The concerned officials apprised Dr Pawan Kotwal about the status of the Detail Project Report (DPR) for the same. In the meeting, Dr Pawan Kotwal enquired about the progress of Biomedical Waste Management, Health and Wellness Centres, PMJAY and UH...
Any such move would ruin legitimate rights of J&K’s PG aspirants’
Srinagar, CNS, 29-Sep: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari has cautioned against any move by the J&K UT government that can prove detrimental to rights of the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Post Graduate aspirants who are up in arms against joining 50 per cent All India Quota seats of all States.
Taking a strong exception to a notification issued by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) Directorate General of Health Se...
Leh, August 9: Principal Secretary, UT Ladakh, Dr Pawan Kotwal convened a meeting with the concerned officers of Leh & Kargil District to review the status of 90 bedded hospitals and other arrangements.
Later, Dr Pawan Kotwal visited SNM Hospital and inspected the new state of the art 10 bedded Paediatric ICU ward, additional 10 bedded adult ICU ward, 70 new Oxygen beds, 500 LPM PSA oxygen generating plant, latest MRI Machine worth Rs.14.00 crore, and latest Digital X-Ray Plant worth Rs....
KARGIL, JUNE 15, 2021: Doctors at District Hospital Kargil went on a pen-down strike for two hours against alleged assault with one of their colleagues at Lal Chowk in Kargil town by police personnel on Sunday.
A Doctor named Dr Shujat Ali, Medical Officer at District Hospital Kargil had visited the district Hospital to attend one of his patients. While returning from the hospital, he carried some goods for domestic use. When he was about to leave in his vehicle two policemen, one named I...
Leh, May 04: To ensure the hassle-free journey of the passengers and control the spread of Covid-19 in the region, the medical staff led by Block Medical Officer (BMO) and police personnel are working day and night at the Khaltse checkpost. It was the result of the 12-hour effort, starting 4 PM the earlier day to 4 PM the next day, that the medical staff managed to take samples of passengers in 417 vehicles, including 101 load carriers, 184 motor vehicles and 132 tankers.
Medical staff, t...
