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| GMC to go for contractual hiring | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 23: Taking cognizance of the pathetic condition of emergency services at the prestigious Government Medical College Hospital here often putting lives of critical patients to risk, the Minister for Medical Education had decided to go in for contractual hiring to mop up staff shortage.
Minister for Medical Education Mr. R. S. Chib has said that for improving the functioning of emergency service in Government Medical Colleges, contractual staff will be appointed on need basis. He said that emergency has to cater to such cases which require immediate attention ample number of doctors will be posted round-the clock for attending to the patients. He said that a committee has been constituted to suggest measures for improvement of healthcare facilities in GMC and other health institutions. The Committee, he said would meet once in a week to decide on the measures required from time to time.
"To be honest, I am totally unsatisfied with the existing system in medical colleges and their associated hospitals both in Jammu and Srinagar," Chib said. The minister said he was personally looking into fast track contractual appointments of para-medics and other staff.
"It is being done. All shortages in this field will be filled soon." The minister said lack of proper work culture in the medical colleges and the shortage of doctors, staff and para-medics were compounding the problems faced by these institutes.
On the government medical colleges and hospitals (GMCH), Chib said: "Though all the wings and departments need a big change and a more humane approach, I am planning to start by streamlining emergency and casualty sections."
"Every problem starts at the emergency and casualty sections which is not being dealt in the manner as it should be," admitted the minister. Chib noted with concern that there are just 90 nurses in GMCH, Jammu.
"Which is undoubtedly very less. If we have proper number of nurses taking care of the patients, then we can have lesser number of attendants who obstruct the working of hospitals."
The minister said the manpower crunch is even more acute in hospitals at the district level. But he did not have the figures as they come under the health department.
The GMCH Srinagar and Jammu have been approved for upgradation to the level of All India Institute of Medical Science at a cost of Rs.120 crore under the prime minister's reconstruction plan.
Moreover, nine super-speciality hospitals, an Institute of Traumatology and a nursing college have been sanctioned for Srinagar. While Jammu will have 15 super speciality hospitals with 220 beds being created or up-graded.
"But before we talk of those super speciality hospitals, we have to provide the basics in the real sense," the minister said.
Chib said though the state-run hospitals have all the sophisticated machines like MRI, CT scan, ultrasould and heart echo, people still prefer private hospitals and clinics.
"I am looking into the reasons why patients go to private clinics for these tests."
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