STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Subsequent to the permission by government and thereafter official announcement of Creation of Super Speciality Department of Neonatology, a felicitation programme was organized on Tuesday in SMGS Hospital, here.
Principal & Dean Government Medical College, Jammu, Dr. Shashi Sudan Sharma was the Chief Guest on the occasion. She congratulated Professor & Head Department of Pediatrics Dr. Ghanshyam Saini, for his dedication and overwhelming efforts towards creation of a Super Speciality facility for the people of UT.
She also congratulated Dr. Ashu Jamwal, Professor Pediatrics for taking charge of Head of Department of Neonatology.
Further, she said that Department of Pediatrics was continuously providing the best health care facilities to the children and newborns and with the creation of a separate Super Speciality Department of Neonatology the team of doctors will dedicatedly look after these areas and the newborn care and Neonatal Intensive Care will be strengthened.
Dr. Ghanshyam Saini thanked the Administrative Department and Principal GMC Jammu for their support and commitment towards improvement and strengthening of Health Care Facilities and conveyed that GMC, Jammu has achieved another first in the UT of J&K with the creation of Super Speciality Department of Neonatology.
He mentioned that the Doctors going to manage this new Department are well experienced and qualified and their services will be best utilized in this Department.
Assuming the charge of Head of Super Speciality Department of Neonatology, Prof Dr. Ashu Jamwal expressed her gratitude to the administration for having faith on her and putting responsibility of heading this newly created Department.
Dr. Ashu Jamwal is well experienced in the field of Neonatology and has been managing the Neonatology areas in the Department of Pediatrics since its beginning. Dr. Anuj Bhatti, Associate Professor and Dr. Anumodan Gupta are the other Faculty Members of the Department.
Dr. Ashu Jamwal presented a PowerPoint presentation depicting the journey of establishment of Neonatology facilities in Government Medical College, Jammu.
She conveyed that initially one SCNU was set up in the Department as an eight bedded facility.
The programme was attended by all the Faculty members/Staff of Department of Pediatrics including Professor: Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Digra, Dr. Sunil Dutt, Dr. Mohd. Razaq and others.
Also HoD’s of various Departments i.e. Dr. Subhash Bhardwaj HoD Pathology, Dr. Parmod Kalsotra HoD ENT, Dr. Amita Gupta HoD Gynae & Obst., Dr. Rajeev Gupta HoD PSM, Dr. Dara Singh, Medical Superintendent and Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Dy. Medical Superintendent, SMGS Hospital, Jammu, Dr. Kailash Singh, Assistant Professor, Surgery were present on this occasion.
