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.

Deputy Nursing Superintendent – Duties and Responsibilities

Deputy Nursing Superintendent is second in command in the Nursing Administration of the hospital. She will be responsible for management and supervision of nursing services of the various department of the hospital.
Ward Sister – Duties and Responsibilities

Ward sister is the first level supervisor and team leader of the unit. She is directly accountable to the Nursing Superintendent through Deputy Nursing Superintendent for ward management and patient care.
Staff Nurse – Duties and Responsibilities

Staff Nurse is the first level professional Nurse in the hospital set up. She will be skilled nurse, giving expert bed side care to patient and executing special technical duties in the special areas like OT, ICU etc.
Nurse Practitioner in Midwifery – Duties & Responsibilities

Nurse Practitioner in midwifery will be responsible for promotion of health of women throughout their life cycle with special focus on adolescent childbearing years menopausal and their new born and children.
Scale Movement of the Officers of WBHS & WBPH & AS Cadre

Governor is pleased to direct that the two G.O.s vide no. 10581-F(P) dt. 28.12.2012 and no. 3101-F(P) dt. 17.04.2013 of Finance Department may be communicated to the sub-ordinate establishment for necessary action with additional directions regarding procedures if necessary.
Fixed Monthly Honorarium ASHAs

Payment of monthly fixed honorarium to the ASHAs at the rate of Rs. 1300.00 only per month per ASHA with effect from 01.04.2013 until further orders in addition to their monthly performance based incentive received by them as usual, from NRHM fund.
Guidelines for Recruitment of House-Staff

First preference is to be given to the candidates completing Internship in the current year of WBUHS, next preference to the candidates of immediate previous year, and so on. Then candidates from states outside West Bengal in the same way.
Prohibition Order of Gutkha and Pan Masala

The manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco and/or nicotine as ingredients, is hereby prohibited for a period of one year with effect from 01.05.2013 in West Bengal.
Guideline for Preparedness on H1N1 Influenza in Govt Sector

At present there is no need to start separate influenza OPD for screening of patients. The screening is to be done at general OPD till further direction. Patient who need to undergo swab collection: Patient with high fever (101.4°) & severe sore throat. There may or may not be other associated symptoms like diarrhoea, vomiting,…
Duty Hours of Medical Officers, Staffs providing Patient Care Service

Governor is pleased to authorize the Superintendent of the different hospitals to adjust the hours of duty of Medical Officers of their institutions on specified days in the week or by rotation to run the indoor and other services on Sundays/notified holidays. On such holidays the indoor, emergency and other services will be provided through…
Selection of Trainees for GNM – Guidelines to Selection Committee

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.
Admission to GNM Course: Session – Sept, 2013 to Feb, 2017

Applications are invited from female candidates for admission to the three & half years G.N.M. Training Course in Nursing Training Schools under the Govt. of West Bengal. The last six months of the G.N.M. Course will be for internship.
Online Entry of Bio-Data of Medical Officers in WBHS and AS Cadre

To prepare an exhaustive list of Medical Officers in the cadre of WBHS and WBPH and AS, make online entries of bio-data of Medical Officers whose service books are maintained by the office;
West Bengal Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting and Protection of Health of Non-smokers and Minors Act, 2001

An Act to provide for prohibiting the use of tobacco in any form and spitting in places of public work or use and in public service vehicles in the State of West Bengal and to make provisions for the protection of health of non-smokers and minors and other matters concerned therein or incidental thereto.
Deputation of Medical and Administrative Personnel for Haj, 2013 – Date Extended

The last date of receipt for application for deputation of Medical and Administrative Personnel to Consulate General of India, Saudi Arabia for Haj-2013 has been extended from 28.02.2013 to 25.03.2013.
Central Selection of House Staff for the year 2013

Central Selection of House Staff for different hospitals will he held on 18th July, 2013 from the pass out M.B.B.S students (or equivalent) after completion of internship of different Medical Colleges of this state and others.

West Bengal Government Circulars

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