Jammu, June 16 -- Closed just for the sake of satisfying the political ego of the then Health and Medical Education Minister Bali Bhagat in 2016, the Gastroenterology department at Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) Jammu has not been made functional so far despite Court's direction, however, the same department in SSH Kashmir has at least 10 faculty members with around 20 endoscopes to take care of public health.
A Division Bench of J&K High Court comprises Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta had directed then Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education Department to start the department. "Since this court by an ad interim order dated 07/04/2028 has already directed that the petitioner (Dr Shoket Choudhary) shall be al...