Directorate of Health Services Kashmir Issues Major Transfer and Posting Order for 31 Doctors

Directorate of Health Services Kashmir Issues Major Transfer and Posting Order for 31 Doctors

In a significant administrative move aimed at enhancing patient care and strengthening healthcare services across various districts, the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK) has issued Order No. 768 GZ of 2025, dated August 2, 2025. The order entails the immediate transfer and posting of 31 medical professionals, including consultants and medical officers, across multiple healthcare facilities in the region.

This comprehensive reshuffle comes in the interest of optimizing resource allocation, improving service delivery, and ensuring that specialist care reaches under-served and high-demand areas. According to the order, the transfers are to take effect immediately and the doctors are deemed relieved from their current positions.

Transfer & Postings of Doctors 02.08.2025

✅ Key Highlights of the Transfer Order:

The order lists the names, designations, specialties, current postings, and new places of postings for each of the 31 doctors. Some of the key transfers include:

• Dr. Irfan-ul-Shamas (Consultant, ENT) has been transferred from DH Pulwama to SDH Chadoora.
• Dr. Ashiq Hussain (Consultant, McH Urology) moved from DH Pulwama to DH Kulgam.
• Dr. Anjum Tahseen (Consultant, Gynae) transferred from DH Pulwama to EH Qazi Gund.
• Dr. Gulzar Kuchay (I/C Consultant, Ortho) posted from DH Pulwama to EH Qazi Gund.
• Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Wani (Consultant, ENT) has been posted from EH Qazi Gund back to DH Pulwama.

A number of Medical Officers have also been reassigned across various public health centers, emergency hospitals, and district hospitals, ensuring a fair distribution of human resources across key areas in Kashmir.

🏥 Objective Behind the Transfers:

The directive explicitly mentions that the reshuffle is in the “interest of administration and patient care.” This reflects the department’s ongoing efforts to boost healthcare delivery, address staff shortages, and manage patient loads in areas where services may have been overstretched or lacking specialization.

The Directorate has emphasized the emergent nature of health services in its directive and has stated that all the transferred doctors are deemed relieved and must join their new places of posting forthwith and without fail.

📋 Deadline for Compliance:

The concerned Chief Medical Officers have been directed to submit a compliance report confirming the joining of the transferred doctors to the Directorate by August 4, 2025, before 1:00 PM.

🔁 Full List of Transfers (Select Entries):

The order is signed by Dr. Bakshi Jehangir, Director of Health Services, Kashmir, and marked as a high-priority administrative step.

📌 Departments and Stakeholders Notified:

The following offices have been copied in the order for immediate compliance and necessary action:

• Secretary to Government, Health & Medical Education Department
• OSD to Hon’ble Minister for Health
• CMOs of Pulwama, Anantnag, Kulgam, Baramulla, Shopian, and Budgam
• Medical Superintendent DH Pulwama
• Concerned doctors
• PA to Director, Health Services Kashmir

This major reshuffling underscores the department’s commitment to responsive healthcare management and ensuring that every district and sub-district hospital in Kashmir is staffed with qualified and specialized professionals to meet growing healthcare needs.

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