Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 15: As a step towards DNB (Diplomate of National Board) strengthening in Jammu and Kashmir, 20 more seats have been sanctioned by National Board of Examinations in Medical Science (NBEMS) under DNB for the institutions of J&K during the start of the Session 2023. These seats shall be in addition to the earlier granted DNB seats.
While Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar received approval of 2 seats in FNB Paediatric Anesthesia, JLNM Hospital Srinagar got 3 Post MBBS DNB seats in General Surgery and District Hospital (DH) Udhampur was given a sanction of 5 seats under Pediatrics, General Medicine and Orthopedics.
DH Poonch received 2 seats in General Medicine, DH Ganderbal 2 seats each in DNB General Medicine and Diploma Pediatrics whereas DH Kulgam got 2 seats in Family Medicine and CHC Kupwara received 2 seats in Diploma Pediatrics.
Ayushi Sudan (Mission Director, NHM J&K), while giving details about the development, said that implementation of the DNB courses at the district level in J&K has been termed as a best practice in the country. She said that under DNB programme in the UT, a total of 250 seats were granted to the accredited departments during Session 2022 consequent to the concerted efforts and hard work of the Administrative Department, Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department J&K, NHM J&K and the team of health institutions being monitored by Bhupinder Kumar (Secretary, H&ME Department).
Sudan said that all the efforts are being made to scale up the DNB courses in all the District Hospitals and potential Community Health Centres (CHCs) of J&K. During upcoming session, she said, J&K is planning to submit more than 30 applications for DNB seats for almost all District Hospitals.
“Implementation of DNB courses has led to an equitable distribution of health care services and manpower especially in far flung and hard to reach areas and beneficial to the population which have very meager access to health care services in their areas, leading to low referrals from DNB institutions to Tertiary Care institutions thereby further decreasing the out of pocket expenditure of the patients,” the MD NHM J&K added.
Pertinent to mention that the DNB courses have been introduced in the District Hospitals and new Government Medical Colleges besides old GMCs and SKIMS in order to strengthen the institutions, decongest the Government Medical Colleges and to address the shortage of specialists in the UT of J&K.
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