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Reviews patient care, related facilities
JAMMU, May 26: The Joint House Committee on Medical Negligence (JHCMN) headed by its Chairman, Ghulam Nabi Monga today visited Government Hospital Sarwal, Government SMGS Hospital and Government Gandhi Nagar Hospital and took stock of patient care  and related facilities at these health  institutions.
The Committee members G.M. Saroori, Naresh Kumar Gupta, Ali Mohammed Dar, Firdous Ahmed Tak and Ramesh Arora were part of the visiting joint house committee.
 At these hospitals, the Chairman and other members interacted with the staff and the patients and enquired about the facilities being provided to them.
 The chairman directed doctors and para-medicos to extend their services with utmost zeal and dedication and uphold the dignity of this noble profession. He also appealed to the people to help the managements in maintaining discipline and cleanliness in these health institutions for their own benefit.
During their visit to these Government Hospitals, Committee members inspected OPDs, Labour Room and other sections. 
At Gandhi Nagar Hospital, the Committee members visited Partograph section, Dialysis Section, Wards and other sections of the hospital.
Later, the Chairman along with other members chaired a review meeting of the Health Department and took stock of physical and financial achievements during the previous financial year.
The Committee was informed about number of registered patients in OPD, number of minor and major operation performed, deliveries, laboratory tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, ECG, besides other details during   financial year 2017-18.
The Committee Members exhorted upon the Medical Superintendents and other stakeholders to share collective responsibility for the betterment of these hospitals. They stressed on the need for coordination between Chief Medical Officers, Medical Superintendents and para-medical staff for better results. The Minister said that health sector has made good achievements but a lot was yet to be done.
The committee members were accompanied by Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Secretary Council Abdul Majid, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Principal GMC Jammu Dr. Sunanda Raina, MD NHM Jammu Yashpal Sharma, Commissioner JMC Ramesh Kumar, Medical Superintendent Dara Singh, Arun Sharma, Raj Kumar, SEs, XENs and other concerned officers of Health Department attended the meeting.



SRINAGAR, MAY 24:  The Department Related Standing Committee (DRSC-II) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council today reviewed the functioning of Rural Development Department (RDD) in the meeting held under the Chairmanship of MLC, Naresh Kumar Gupta here today.
The meeting was attended by Secretary, RDD Sheetal Nanda; Additional Secretary RDD, Rakesh Kumar, Joint Director Planning, S. Shabir Sofi, committee members, ADCs, DPOs and other official of RDD.   
Secretary RDD briefed the Committee about the functioning of department and replied to the queries raised by the Members.
In the meeting, the Committee had detailed discussion on the issues related to the budget allotment, with expenditure under different state and central schemes including MGNREGA, PMAY, Swach Bharat Mission and Integrated Watershed Management Programme(IWMP).
The committee was informed that under Swach Bharat Mission program 80 percent target of Open Defecation Free(ODF) was achieved and 100 percent funds are utilized. Committee was also informed that 5 districts in Kashmir and Ladakh region are declared ODF.  
Chairman, Naresh Kumar Gupta directed the concerned authorities to prepare a detailed power point presentation on the achievements relating to constructed sanitation toilet points in the next meeting with role of Block Development Officers and Block Level Workers on this account.
To achieve the goal of Swatch Bharat Mission, the committee asked for valuable recommendation from the official present in the meeting to make it vibrant and result oriented.
Similarly, financial and physical progress of integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) and Pradhan Mantri Awaaz Yojana were reviewed in the meeting.
The other issues which were discussed prominently during the meeting included, major initiative   taken under MGNREGA, liabilities created under MGNREGA, fund utilization, employment generation, wage disbursement and how much plantation under MGNREGA, has been made and norms adopted in this regard for making plantation and location.
Showing satisfaction on the achievements under MGNREGA, the committee directed the officials to follow proper procurement of material as per protocol and asked for details of material procurement presently and previously and fund utilization at block level in the next meeting.
While reviewing the overall functioning of the Department, the Committee expressed satisfaction over the performance on various components and observed that the department must update all programmes and works should be carried out strictly as per the guideline and instructions of the Central and State Governments to achieve the objective of these schemes.
Members of committee raised issue regarding ODF programme, taking a strong note of the issue the chairman directed the Secretary to look into the matter and said that schemes are formulated for the welfare of poor people and to ensure holistic development in the rural areas and their affective monitoring is must to achieve desired results as envisaged in the spirit of schemes.