Health
This department has been vested with the responsibility of maintaining and developing the health care system in W.B. Public health, sanitation and hospitals are the exclusive responsibilities of the State.
An Act to provide for the constitution of a Council of the Allied-Medical and Para-Medical professionals as well as for the coordinated development in the education of Allied-Medical and Para-Medical professionals with a view to regulating and maintaining standards of education, practice, maintenance of register of Allied-Medical and para-Medical professionals and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Applications are invited from the eligible nursing personnel of WBNS Cadre for undergoing Post Basic Diploma course in Cardiothoracic Nursing for the academic Session January 2014 to December 2014 at the Govt. College of Nursing, NRS MCH, Kol-14.
Under the National Iron + Initiative, iron and folic acid supplementation is being given across life stages including pregnant, lactating women and adolescent girls at health facilities and during outreach activities.
Due approval from the Highest Authority is mandatory for Medical Officer before pursuing Post Graduate Study/ Fellowship/ M Phill/ Certificate Course/ and related different courses.
Issue certificates to the relatives of the body donors. Also pay a sum of Rs. 500/- (Rupees five hundred) only towards transportation charges for donating a body.
The eligible RSBY smart cardholders will be entitled to receive Rs 600 as transport allowance at the time of discharge from all Medical College hospitals & teaching hospitals in the State.
A High Level Task Force was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. Tridib Banerjee towards facilitation of activities of the Department in reduction of Infant/Maternal Mortality of the state. After having made some substantial improvement in Facility Based newborn Care, it seems necessary to improve the facility based maternal care also.
Rubella infection in pregnant women disables a child for life with Congenital Rubella Syndrome that max result in deafness, blindness and heart defects.
Mandatory prescription of drug in generic name to the patients in public health facilities was a State Policy. All doctors to prescribe drugs/ medicines in generic name in the OPD/IPD/Emergency and also under the JSSK Programme.
A Selection Committee is constituted and a Guideline relating to selection of Trainees for the G.N.M. Training Course, for the session September, 2013 to February, 2017 is issued as per West Bengal state Nurses’ Training (Admission of Students) Rules, 1979.