NBE accreditation to J&K's JLNM Hospital in three specialities

National Board of Examinations (NBE) has given the accreditation for the Diplomat of National Board (DNB) Courses in specialities like Anaesthesia, Ophthalmology and Paediatrics to Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) Hospital in Srinagar.

PG medical aspirants in Jammu and Kashmir can now upgrade their skills with National Board of Examinations (NBE) programs as NBE has given accreditation to three specialities courses in Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) Hospital in Srinagar. These courses include Anaesthesia, Ophthalmology and Paediatrics.

This accomplishment by JLNM hospital will lead to the upgradation of the hospital's infrastructure and also to the recruitment of more staff and specialists doctors to train the PG students, as reported by The Print.

Dr Bilquis, the Resident Medical officer of JLNM Hospital said, “NBE accreditation has helped us in a way that our hospital will now have Post Graduate (PG) students. Earlier too, the hospital was working 24×7 but, we used to face problems in finding doctors after 4 pm. But now when it has become a post-graduate institute, PG students will be available all the time along with our doctors. It will also benefit us in one more way as under NBE norms; our hospital will be provided two senior residents in each department in NHM (National Health Mission), which will add more manpower."

“With the starting of postgraduate courses in our hospital, a significant improvement will be witnessed in inpatient care delivery,” she added further.

DNB courses introduced in multiple J&K hospitals

To address the shortage of specialists in J&K and strengthen the medical institutes, these DNB courses have been introduced in new and old government medical colleges (GMCs), District Hospitals and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). 

GMC Anantnag has been given accreditation in the Department of Medicine, ENT and Psychiatry and District Hospital Udhampur in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology. GMC Rajouri in the department of Anaesthesia and GMC Kathua has been accredited in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology.

The Director of Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad said, “We have applied for almost all district hospitals and you will see in the coming future that each hospital will become an academic hub. They will become training institutions as good as medical colleges. And this will take our health system to unimaginable heights. This will be the beginning of a robust tertiary level health system in each district.”

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