The central government has granted 265 Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) postgraduate medical seats to several government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement said here on Tuesday.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, along with the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), took a lead role in ensuring that several postgraduate seats of the NBEMS are granted to various government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir, it added. The union minister of health and family welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, also uploaded two tweets regarding the grant of DNB seats in J&K.
Mandaviya tweets, “PM Narendra Modi Ji’s government has granted 265 DNB post-graduate medical seats across 20 district government hospitals in J&K. I appreciate Team NBE for accomplishing this tremendous work.”
In another tweet, he stated that “50% of DNB-PG seats are reserved for local in-service doctors.” The doctors of J&K are getting the opportunity to be trained in their own region. This was Phase 1 of the expansion of medical education and quality medical care services. “In Phase 2, more PG seats will be granted.”
Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) is a postgraduate master’s degree, the same as an MD or MS degree, awarded to specialist doctors in India after the completion of a three-year residency.
Furthermore, 50 percent of the PG seats are reserved for local in-service doctors to provide them with the opportunity for postgraduate training, it added.
This important step would not only ensure that people of J&K are benefited, but the UT doctors would also get an opportunity to be trained in their own region, it added.
This significant move is in sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Health for All,” aimed at improving healthcare delivery across the country, it stated.
