Four-day training on Facility Based New Born Care (FBNC) started on August 22 at Conference Hall, SNM Hospital Leh. 

The training is organised by the State Health Society, National Health Mission, Union Territory of Ladakh for Special Newborn Care Unit staff of Leh and Kargil. The training program is exclusively for pediatricians, medical officers, and staff nurses from both the districts of UT Ladakh.

Resource persons invited for the training program are Dr. Sushma Nangia, KSCH, LHMC; Dr. Mamta Jajoo, CNBC, Delhi; Dr. Ashish Jain, MAMC, Delhi and Dr. Pratima Anand, VMMC, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. 

The advanced training of all the doctors and staff will be completed in institutions like Lady Hardinge Medical College, Maulana Azad Medical College, and Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. 

Mission Director, Dr. Iftakhar Chowdhury thanked the team of expert doctors for accepting the request of NHM Ladakh for this training program. He emphasised the trainees to take up the training seriously and to implement the skills obtained for better child care.

Additional Secretary and Mission Director NHM, Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Chowdhary; Director Health Services, Dr. Motup Dorje; Medical Superintendent, SNM Hospital, and other concerns were present on the first day of the training program.