As the saying goes, “Health is Wealth”, health is the most important asset of a human being. Today, there are improvements in the health sector of India by leaps and bounds compared to the 20th Century. So is the case with Jammu, which has seen a lot of improvement in its health sector with the emergence of specialized hospitals, diagnostic clinics and state of the art medical facilities in terms of treatment and diagnosis of diseases. In the present state, Jammu has a number of multi-specialty and private hospitals. Jammu also has a Government Medical College, which produces good doctors and collaborates with renowned hospitals across the state to enroll top class doctors as faculty for the college.
Department of Health, Jammu and Kashmir
It is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Family Welfare to provide optimum health facilities and to ensure considerable improvement in the health system and the Health status of people especially those living in rural areas of Jammu. The aim of this government run organisation is to provide access to even-handed, affordable and quality health care to all classes of the society. It plans to do so by focussing on a number of parameters like the reduction of IMR and MMR, population stabilization and gender and demographic balance. This Department has also been instrumental in empowering people through effective method of implementation of NRHM, Rogi Kalyan Samiti etc. The execution of its schemes involves ensuring complete functional utilities are available in the health system and hospitals in the region of Jammu.
Other Institutions Managing the Health System in Jammu
The strategies and the execution agenda of these committees include growing public expenditure on health, diminution of regional disproportion in health infrastructure, grouping resources, amalgamation of organizational structures, proper utilisation of health manpower, delegation and grass root level management of health programmes, society participation and ownership of assets, induction of management and financial personnel into district health system, and raising the bar of community health centres into well-designed hospitals meeting the criteria of Indian Public Health Standards.
List of addresses of the top office bearers in NRHM
Dr. Yash Pal Sharma
Mission Director NRHM, J & K
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School Naorta,
Jammu -181221
Tele Off : 0191-2674244,
Fax No : 0191-2674114
Mob : 094191-80709
E-mail : [email protected]
Dr. B.S.Pthania
Director, Health Services
Near MLA Hostel,
Jammu-180001
Tele off : 0191-2546338
Fax No : 2549632
Mob : 09419113332
E-mail : [email protected]
Mrs. Satvir Kour
Joint Director (P&S)
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School,
Nargota, J&K Jammu 181221
Office Tel: +91-191-2673775
Fax No.: +91-194-2674114
Mob : +91-94191-83118
E-mail : [email protected]
Dr. Harjeet Rai
Divisional Nodal Officer Jammu
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School,
Nargota, J&K Jammu 181221
Office Tel: +91-191-2673775
Fax No.: +91-194-2674114
Mob : +91-9419134458
E-mail : [email protected]
Shri Rajesh Talwar
FA & CAO
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School,
Nargota, J&K Jammu 181221
Office Tel: +91-191-2673775
Fax No.: +91-194-2674114
Mob : +91-9419141294
E-mail : [email protected]
Shri Misba-ul Hassan
State Programme Manager
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School,
Nargota, J&K Jammu 181221
Office Tel: +91-191-2673775
Fax No.: +91-194-2674114
Mob : +91-9906573180
E-mail : [email protected]
Shri Sukhdev Singh
State Finance Manager
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School,
Nargota, J&K Jammu 181221
Office Tel: +91-191-2673775
Fax No.: +91-194-2674114
Mob : +91-9419351148
E-mail : [email protected]
Dr. Harjeet Rai
Divisional Nodal Officer Jammu
Regional Institute of Health & Family Welfare
Near Sainik School,
Nargota, J&K Jammu 181221
Office Tel: +91-191-2673775
Fax No.: +91-194-2674114
Mob : +91-9419134458
E-mail : [email protected]
Directorate of Indian System of Medicine (AYUSH) J&K
Directorate of I.S.M was established in 1987, and in the erstwhile era, it was a part of Department of Health Services J&K. It used to function under the managerial control of Directorate of Health services. It is since then that the Directorate has been rendering untiring and relentless service in the Health care delivery system. It is not stopped or hindered by the low allocation of budget. This Department gets only 4.61% of budgetary allocation when compared to the health department.
The Department provides health care to the people all over the State particularly in remote and interior areas by the dint of a network of 417 sanctioned Ayurvedic and Unani dispensaries and 68 internal-arrangement ISM Institutions. The people of Jammu are mostly used to the traditional form of medicine due to lesser accessibility to high end medical facilities due to the restrictions of a hilly terrain or due to conservative beliefs.
The Department provides health care to the people all over the State particularly in remote and interior areas by the dint of a network of 417 sanctioned Ayurvedic and Unani dispensaries and 68 internal-arrangement ISM Institutions. The people of Jammu are mostly used to the traditional form of medicine due to lesser accessibility to high end medical facilities due to the restrictions of a hilly terrain or due to conservative beliefs.
Some of the works undertaken by the Directorate include the construction of a 25 bedded Govt. Ayurvedic Hospital in Jammu, an I.S.M Pharmacy and a 50 bedded Hospital in Srinagar in addition to the already functioning 485 dispensaries including one Ayurvedic Hospital at Jammu. All major Govt, run allopathic hospital and Medical Colleges have proper established AYUSH units. Efforts are on to endorse and encourage Medical tourism with the introduction of Panchkarma Units at International Golf Course and other health resorts.
The two Medical Colleges, namely, one at Brepur Jammu, and another at Ganderbal, Kashmir has also been set up. This department is striving to cater accessibility of superior quality medicines to the people of Jammu and keeping that objective in sight a Drug Laboratory has been set up in Jammu.
In totality, Jammu’s medical and health scenario is on a path of constant upgradation and improvement in order to provide best in class health care facilities to its citizens.
The two Medical Colleges, namely, one at Brepur Jammu, and another at Ganderbal, Kashmir has also been set up. This department is striving to cater accessibility of superior quality medicines to the people of Jammu and keeping that objective in sight a Drug Laboratory has been set up in Jammu.
In totality, Jammu’s medical and health scenario is on a path of constant upgradation and improvement in order to provide best in class health care facilities to its citizens.
