The health department has sought details of infrastructure and faculty status, requirements for modern medical equipments as per the specification of the National Medical Commission (NMC) for increasing the under graduate (UG) MBBS seats to 250 and PG seats to 150 in next three years for upgrading the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) here to a super speciality hospital as also starting robotic and spinal surgery there under a project worth ₹ 394 crore, officials said on Friday.
“The MGMMCH management has been asked to report the current status of seat-increase application with the MMC, status of ICU, SNCU, blood bank and blood storage and separation capacity, number of doctors, health staff, paramedical staff, nurses, lab technicians, human resources etc. The Jharkhand State Building Corporation (JSBC) will prepare the detailed project report for 500-bed super-speciality hospital on the MGMMCH Sakchi campus and modern library and hostels and such infrastructure etc.,” a senior health official said.
“We have reviewed the availability and required modern medical equipments, faculty, specialist doctors, infrastructure, digitisation of services as well management system etc. from MGMMCH principal Dr Sanjay Kumar and superintendent Dr Balram Jha in view of increasing the UG seats to 250 and PG seats to 150 there during next three years. All required machines will be made available to MGMMCH for these purposes under the ₹ 393.91 crore fund the state Cabinet has approved,” Ajay Kumar Singh, health secretary, told HT on Friday. They have been asked to prepare to start robotic surgery and spinal surgery as well.
