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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 6: 70th foundation day of 'Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital' (SMGSH) was celebrated here today, Minister for Medical and Technical education, Youth services and sports R.S.Chib was the chief guest on the occasion
MLC Ravinder Sharma, MLA Jammu East Ashok Khajuria, Provincial President National conference Rattan Lal Gupta, Administrator Associate Hospital T.Angchuk, Principal GMC Rajinder Singh, Medical Superintendent Ramesh Gupta, staff and students of SMGS along with prominent citizens from all walks of life were also present there.
Paying his tributes to the Maharaja Gulab Singh, Chib described him a great visionary who envisioned a premier health institute like SMGS Hospital in 1940 which is catering to the health needs of lakhs of people today.
He said that personalities like Maharaja Gulab Singh inspire and guide us by their foresightedness and futuristic approach for the betterment of societal needs. He stressed the need for imbibing this progressive approach in providing modern health care services to the people with dedication.
The Minister said that more than 4000 vacancies of Doctor and Para-medicos have been created by the Government recently to overcome the deficiency of staff. These vacancies are applicable to all the Associated Hospital at Jammu and Srinagar.
Chib informed that as part of the up gradation programme 200 additional beds are being provided in the hospital .He appreciated the staff of SMGS for making all possible efforts to render services inspite of heavy rush of patients.
MLC Ravinder Sharma also paid his tributes to Maharaja Gulab Singh and said that the institute is landmark in the health sector and all efforts should be made to improve its functioning. He also contributed Rs 5 lakhs from his MLC funds for the upgradation of hospital
MLA Jammu East Ashok Khajuria who is also the Chairman of Hospital Development Committee lauded Maharaja Gulab Singh for dedicating this institute for the welfare of the people of the state. He demanded that a bio medical waste treatment plant should be laid for safe disposal of the hazardous waste and also stressed that there should be strict check on increasing referral cases to SMGS from peripheral institutes so that better services are provided to patients .
Chib also shared his concern over proper treatment of medical waste and informed that a proposal has been moved for setting up a bio medical waste treatment plant which is estimated to come up at a cost of Rs 1.90 Crore. He also expressed gratitude to Tripta, a Retd Nursing Orderly for donating a cooler for public use on this day.
Earlier in his welcome address Principal medical college, Rajinder Singh paid tributes to Maharaja Gulab Singh and apprised about the functioning and services provided by the institute.
PDP blames ruling coalition for poor flood control measures
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 6: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership has berated the National Conference led government for not having taken any flood control measures despite the fact that the ruling coalition had been informed in advance about the impending dangers of flood devastation in Bandipore and its adjoining areas.
PDP MLA from Bandipore, Nizam-ud-Din Bhat said that he had sounded the government about the impending flood threat but no preventive measures were taken during the last over one month.
He said that heavy rain during the last three days had flooded various chunks of land and inhabited areas in Bandipore and its adjoining areas.
Bhat said that for the last three days electricity and drinking water supply has been snapped in Bandipore and its adjoining areas because of floods.
Floods in the rivulets and nallahas had damaged the power transmission and drinking water system.Even the road connectivity programme has been hit hard.
He blamed the National Conference and Congress leaders for misleading the chief Minister and the senior bureaucrats by feeding them with wrong reports.
He alleged that initially the government has earmarked very paltry funds for flood control measures and whatever funds were available were not being spent properly.
The PDP leader wanted the government to hold a probe into the utilisation of funds earmarked for flood control measures.
Bhat said that the entire valley is prone to floods but it was surprising that the National Conference led government had slashed funds for the flood control sector.
MLA demanded that the government upgrade the flood control department in Bandipore sector and enhance the funds for carrying out flood control measures.
He also demanded compensation to those whose crops and other immovable property had been damaged by the flash floods.
He demanded that the entire flood control exercise be overhauled and for this a team of experts be constituted which would recommend measures for the better performance of the department. |
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