Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 27: A review meeting of the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) courses, in J&K under National Board of Examinations (NBE) was held today under the chairmanship of Bhupinder Kumar, Administrative Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department, J&K at Civil Secretariat, Jammu.
Bhupinder Kumar appreciated the DNB District Hospitals and Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) especially new GMCs for bagging a significant number of seats during the current session 2022.
Pertinent to mention that under DNB Courses, J&K institutions have got the sanction of 250 seats during the current session 2022 and this is the maximum number of seats allocated in the country as acknowledged by NBEMS itself. These seats are over and above the MD/MS seats of the UT.
Dr Jitender Mehta, UT Nodal Officer, DNB Programme, J&K gave a detailed institution wise presentation and discussed the action plan for increasing the DNB institutions in the UT. He informed that during 2022 Session, J&K has received an approval of 205 Broad specialty and 45 Super specialty seats. “The counseling of All India quota seats is undergoing and till date, around 38 candidates from all over India have joined in the institutions of J&K,” Dr Mehta informed.
While reviewing the institution wise status, Bhupinder instructed all the institutions to implement and complete modalities for Quality certification and Kayakalp for improving the health care and quality standards. He further added that the results of DNB implementation shall be visible over the years as this shall drastically improve the healthcare services in J&K.
Ayushi Sudan, Mission Director, NHM J&K, while giving details about the development, said that the implementation of DNB courses in district hospitals of J&K is an important endeavour to address the key concerns of shortage of specialists and providing quality care.
Present in the meeting were Principals of GMCs, Director SKIMS Soura & SKIMS Bemina, Director Health Services, Jammu/Kashmir, all Chief Medical Officers, Medical Superintendents and DNB Nodal Officers of all DNB District Hospitals.
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