NBE Approves 17 DNB, 22 Post MBBS Diploma Seats in JnK GMCs, District Hospitals

Written by Barsha Misra Published On 2021-09-12T19:00:37+05:30 | Updated On 12 Sept 2021 7:00 PM IST

NBE Approves 17 DNB, 22 Post MBBS Diploma Seats in JnK GMCs, District Hospitals

Srinagar: Post-graduate medical education in Jammu & Kashmir is going to get a major boost after the National Board of Examinations (NBE) has given its nod for 39 more seats in Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals.

According to a UNI report, those 39 seats include 17 post-MBBS Diplomate of National Board (DNB) seats and 22 post-MBBS Diploma seats.

"With this, the total P.G seats approval for J&K has risen to 124 (102 DNB and 22 Diploma) and this is over and above the DM/MCH and MD/MS courses already being run in J&K," a Health Ministry official was quoted saying by UNI.

District Hospital (DH), Kulgam in a significant development gets accreditation in General Medicine and has been granted 2 seats for DNB by National Board of Examination and has become 3rd District Hospital to start DNB Courses. With this, the total seats granted for District Hospitals of J&K are 10. Earlier DH Gandhi Nagar had got 6 seats in Anesthesia and Medicine and DH JLNM Srinagar had got 2 seats in Medicine.

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Mission Director, NHM, Yasin Choudhary while giving details about the development on Thursday evening said that, under DNB programme in UT, a total of 144 applications were submitted by various health institutions out of which 53 applications are approved till date against which 124 seats have been granted to the accredited departments consequent to the concerted efforts and hard work of the Administrative department H&ME J&K, NHM J&K and the team of health institutions being monitored by Vivek Bhardwaj, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Medical Department.

New GMCs have received the total approval of 33 seats (11 DNB and 22 Diploma seats). New GMC Baramulla has received the sanction of 5 post MBBS DNB seats in General Medicine and 22 post MBBS Diploma seats in the specialties of Family Medicine (4 seats), Anaesthesia (4 seats), Pediatrics (4 seats), Obs & Gynae. (4 seats), ENT (3 seats) and Ophthalmology (3 seats).New GMC Anantnag received approval of 2 seats in General Surgery, new GMC Kathua received approval of 2 seats in DNB Anatomy and GMC Rajouri received approval of 2 seats in DNB General Medicine. With this, the total seat approval for new GMCs till date becomes 59 (37 DNB seats and 22 Diploma seats)

Additionally, GMC Srinagar has been granted 2 seats in Doctorate of National Board (DrNB) Critical Care Medicine and GMC Jammu has been granted 2 seats in DrNB Neurology.

The DNB courses have been introduced in the District Hospitals and new GMCs besides old GMCs and SKIMS in order to strengthen the institutions, decongest the Govt. Medical Colleges and to address the shortage of specialists in the UT of J&K.

Moreover, 35 more departments of DHs and GMCs have been assessed by NBEMS and their accreditation is awaited. The DNB courses are expected to drastically improve the health care services in the far-flung districts and improve the services in the tertiary care institutions as well. This is also expected to markedly bring down the referral from the far flung districts to the already overburdened tertiary care institutes of the UT of J&K.

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Source : with agency inputs

Barsha Misra

Barsha completed her Master's in English from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal in 2018. Having a knack for Journalism she joined Medical Dialogues back in 2020. She mainly covers news about medico legal cases, NMC/DCI updates, medical education issues including the latest updates about medical and dental colleges in India. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.