JAMMU, April 20 -- Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today took a holistic review of the position of essential supplies and the status of paramedical courses offered across different healthcare institutions of the UT of J&K.

The meeting, besides the Administrative Secretary, Health & Medical Education was also attended by the Principals of Medical Colleges; MD, JKMSCL; Director of Health Services Kashmir/Jammu, and other HoDs of the Department.

During the meeting, the Chief Secretary took note of the steps followed by the J&K Medical Supplies Corporation for floating tenders to acquire drugs, equipment, and other machinery for the hospitals. He asked for looking into shortening the period considerably to get such vital supplies for health c...