Rising KashmirRising KashmirRising Kashmir
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022

Categories

  • Anchor
  • Breaking
  • Business
  • City
  • Developing Story
  • Editorial
  • Education
  • Features
  • Health
  • Interview
  • Jammu
  • Jammu and Kashmir News
  • Kashmir
  • Kashmir Tourism
  • Kath Bath
  • National
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Top Stories
  • Trending
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Viewpoint
  • World
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: Staff shortage hits patient care in Tangdar
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Follow US
© 2024. All Rights Reserved.
Rising Kashmir > Blog > Kashmir > Staff shortage hits patient care in Tangdar
Kashmir

Staff shortage hits patient care in Tangdar

M Peerzada
Last updated: September 12, 2024 12:44 am
M Peerzada
Published: September 12, 2024
Share
5 Min Read
SHARE

Srinagar, Sept 11: Healthcare services in Tangdar and its surrounding areas face challenges due to a shortage of specialized medical professionals with doctors raising concerns over the need for critical staff like surgeon specialist, gynaecologist and anaesthetist.
A delegation of residents from Tangdar said staff shortage has reached alarming levels in the health block in general and in Sub District Hospital (SDH) Tangdar in particular.
“No full time anaesthetist has joined SDH Tangdar since a local anaesthetist retired two years back after rendering over two decades service in the area. A rotation policy for anaesthetists has been adopted that has seen many breaks in between,” the delegation said.
Many doctors in the past have managed to modify transfer orders from the Tangdar block even without joining here. Doctors did not join at their original place for several months, remained attached elsewhere and have been transferred back.
Rising Kashmir learnt that SDH Tangdar is without any surgeon specialist, Gynaecologist, Orthopaedician, Paediatrician, ENT Specialist, Ophthalmologist and Physician specialist thereby severely affecting the patient’s healthcare.
The civil society and concerned stakeholders demand to upgrade the hospital from 30 to 100 beds, but this request has not been considered, adversely affecting patient care.
Locals said there are nine posts of dental staff in Tangdar block including four dental surgeons, three junior dental technicians, one senior dental technician and one supervisor dental technician.
“One post of Jr. Dental technician is sub judice. Surprisingly three posts of dental surgeons are vacant since their creation decades back. The lone dental surgeon has completed 19 years of service in SDH Tangdar,” they said.
As pet locals out of a sanctioned strength of 149 employees only 56 are in position and a whopping 93 posts are vacant in block.
“Out of 31 sanctioned posts of doctors only 8 are in position and 21 are vacant (including 18 MOs and 3 dental surgeons). Out of a total 118 non-gazetted posts only 47 are in position and 71 are vacant,” they said.
The local said many employees were transferred on promotion but their relievers were not sent. “Many employees have retired and there has been no replacement. Not a single Sufaiwalla was recruited for years whereas several Sufaiwallas have retired in the past.”
For the doctors serving in Tangdar, it is surprising that employees working in Srinagar are getting fatter salaries than those serving in Tangdar.
“This has demoralized many employees. Employees in Srinagar get 18 percent HRA whereas employees in Karnah sub division get 9 percent HRA and a paltry CA that is a joke as living expenses and risk of serving in such areas is concerned,” said a group of doctors.
They said some incentives given to regular doctors for hard area service were suddenly stopped by the department in 2019 without any reason or official communication on such discontinuance.
The doctors demand that health employees should be posted in Tangdar for fixed tenures like Ladakh and given lucrative salaries, and benefits to attract them here.
“There should be a fair transfer policy for those who have rendered prolonged service in Tangdar. Employees should get prized posting after serving in such hard areas and there should be an online option of next posting as is being practiced in the education department,” they said.
The doctors have requested the posting of a surgeon specialist, a gynaecologist, an anaesthetist, two Medical Officers (MBBS) for SDH Tangdar, and one each for PHC Teetwal and Chiterkot.
Chief Medical Officer, Kupwara, Dr Mohammad Ramazan said they have referred the vacant posts to the Directorate of Health Services Kashmir and sent a requisition. “As the recruitment of medical officers is on we hope that some medical officers will come for Tangdar,” he said.

Make Ladakh a zero-waste region: First Lady
Dr Maheshwari takes charge as Dir Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute
J&K Bank shines at ‘ICC Emerging Asia Banking Conclave & Awards’
District Police Leh successfully concludes SPO recruitment process
Kashmir’s battle against fire: Fire incidents claim 38 lives, cause massive property damage in Kashmir Valley

Sign Up For Daily Newsletter

Be keep up! Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.
By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Copy Link Print
Previous Article CS lays emphasis on quality teaching for students in technical institutions
Next Article B’la MP Er Rashid released on bail
Leave a Comment Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected

1MFollowersLike
262kFollowersFollow
InstagramFollow
234kSubscribersSubscribe
Google NewsFollow

Latest News

Tourism comes to grind halt in Sonamarg after Pahalgam terror attack
Kashmir
May 29, 2025
SKUAST-K to establish advanced reproductive biotechnology centre to enhance animal breeding
Kashmir
May 29, 2025
DC calls for intensified action against drug abuse at NCORD review in Gbl
Kashmir
May 29, 2025
Shikara operators continue to ignore mandatory safety protocols
City
May 29, 2025

Recent Posts

  • Tourism comes to grind halt in Sonamarg after Pahalgam terror attack
  • SKUAST-K to establish advanced reproductive biotechnology centre to enhance animal breeding
  • DC calls for intensified action against drug abuse at NCORD review in Gbl
  • Shikara operators continue to ignore mandatory safety protocols
  • IUST partners with government for building safer J&K

Recent Comments

  1. BASHIR AHMAD BHAT on Poor hotel accommodation, lack of medical facilities irk Kashmiri pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, video goes viral
  2. sree vishnu movies on Pahalgam attack shatters Kashmir’s film tourism revival
  3. SavePlus on AI and Behavioural Analytics in Gaming: Making the World of Gaming Better
  4. Parul on Govt acknowledges faulty streetlights on Narbal-Tangmarg road
  5. dr gora on Women Veterinarians and the Goal of Viksit Bharat

Contact Us

Flat No 7,Press Enclave, Srinagar, 190001
0194 2477887
9971795706
[email protected]
[email protected]

Quick Link

  • E-Paper
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Top Categories

Stay Connected

1.06MLike
262.5kFollow
InstagramFollow
234.3kSubscribe
WhatsAppFollow
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Follow US
© 2025. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?