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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, head ache, body ache etc.
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 local arrangements in consultation with medical officers/specialists and other staff.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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 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.
Eligible Medical Teachers of the WBMES are required to apply for departmental promotion in different disciplines of WBMES as per the instructions and schedule annexed here with for departmental promotion to the higher academic posts of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.
The nurse who has a regular job but in times of emergency of crisis such as accident, fire, flood or famine, which may occur at any time, performs in a heroic manner without regard to her/his own time, safety and/or possessions.