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.
Notice along with a copy of the Combined Provisional list of eligible candidates for admission into Diploma Course in Pharmacy for the session 2013-14 published at www.wbhealth.gov.in
Admission to the first year B.Sc. Nursing Course in the Nursing Colleges in West Bengal will be available from 16th July 2013 to 29th July 2013 from the office of the Central Selection Committee (Nursing) at West Bengal Government College of Nursing, Kolkata.
State level Advisory Committee (SLAC-CCU) has been constituted to advise the department on the prioritization of establishment of CCUs in different government hospitals and management of critical care services in the CCUs so set up.
Selection as Trainee Reserve will be strictly on the basis of merit, i.e. marks obtained in concerned Entrance Examination. Candidates should apply for obtaining No Objection Certificate in the prescribed format enclosed together with this.
This accords top priority to management of referred children, screened for 4 Ds (Defects at birth, Deficiency, Diseases of childhood and Developmental delay including disabilities) by the mobile health teams under RBSK.
The new Annual Confidential Report for Group – A Officers belonging to West Bengal Public Health-cum-Administrative Service and West Bengal Health Service Cadres duly approved by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, West Bengal is hereby circulated.
The Department of H & FW has decided to observe ‘Paschim Banga Swasthya Dibas’ on 2nd August 2013 and as per desire of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, it has been decided to felicitate officers & staff of this Dept. on this day.
1. Verification of photograph and signature of the candidates as given in the applications. 2. Verification of Date of Birth and Educational qualifications from original documents. 3. Verification of SC/ST/BC certificate from the competent authority. 4. Verification of antecedents (Police Verification). 5. Medical Examination.
Removal of conditionalities associated with parity and minimum age of mother for institutional deliveries in high performing states (HPS), and for home deliveries in all the states under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).
World Population Day is celebrated over a period of one month in two phase – Mobilization fort night and Population Stabilization fort night.