Elderly woman loses life to Gastroenteritis in Rajouri’s Sakri village; 19 others hospitalised

STC NEWS DESKRAJOURI, JUNE 29 (STC): A waterborne disease in Sakri village of Rajouri district has claimed life of an elderly woman and left at least 19 other residents sick, who have been hospitalised for treatment.Health authorities have confirmed that it’s a gastroenteritis outbreak triggered by contaminated drinking water.According to the reports, a 75-year-old woman,…

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SKIMS medical college organises awareness program on drug abuse and trafficking

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, JUNE 25 (STC):The Advanced Centre for Mental Health & Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, SKIMS Medical College, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC), organized an awareness program about the growing challenge of durg abuse today at the SKIMS Medical College Auditorium.The event featured a…

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The Crisis of Arrogance in Medicine

Can’t We, as Care Providers, Treat Patients with Humility? Dr. Faiz Maqbool FaziliA young dental student(Zahida (name changed), suffering from persistent discharge at an old fracture site, visited an orthopedic surgeon suspecting osteomyelitis. Instead of listening to her concerns, the doctor snapped, *“You’re a dentist, don’t teach me!” Dismissed and disheartened, she travelled to Delhi,…

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Experts highlight urgent need to establish liver transplant services in J&K, sound alarm on liver disease epidemic

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, APRIL 24(STC): There is urgent need to establish liver transplant services in J&K, citing the increasing burden of liver disease. Preventive strategies and effective management of Hepatitis B and C and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) are critical to addressing this public health challenge.Prof Subhash Ghosh, President of IASG, stated this in hiskeynote address…

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Cancer management remains in focus at SKIMS Conference; Institute plans to establish Integrated Cell & Gene Therapy Centre

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, APRIL 11 (STC): Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) is creating a collaborative platform for conducting research in cancer therapeutics with the long term vision of establishing ‘Integrated Cell and Gene Therapy Centre’ at the Institute. The Centre would be the first of its kind not only in this region but in…

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