Jammu and Kashmir Forms High-Level Committee to Strengthen ICU Services

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has formed a high-level committee of specialists and stakeholders to oversee the implementation of Supreme Court guidelines for Intensive Care Unit services across the Union Territory.

The panel was constituted under Government Order No. 757-JK (HME) of 2026, dated November 3, issued by the Health and Medical Education Department.

“The committee will assess the preparedness of healthcare institutions in providing Level-I, Level-II and Level-III ICU services.”

The committee will identify deficiencies in critical-care facilities and prepare a comprehensive, time-bound roadmap to address them. It will assess readiness for Level-I, Level-II and Level-III ICU services.

Gaps will be examined in infrastructure, medical equipment, critical-care manpower, nursing staff, allied healthcare personnel, infection control and patient safety arrangements.

The Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology/Critical Care at Government Medical College Jammu will head the committee. Representatives from SKIMS Soura and GMC Srinagar will also be members.

Heads of Anaesthesiology/Critical Care Departments from GMC Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua, Rajouri, Doda, Udhampur and Handwara are included in the panel.

Other members include the Additional Secretary (Law), Deputy Secretary (MR) as Member Secretary, the General Manager of JKMSCL, Deputy Directors of Health Services, a Finance Department Accounts Service representative, and representatives of two selected private hospitals.