Governor Shekhar Dutt inspected the newly-facilitated telemedicine services in AIIMS, Raipur on Saturday. From the telemedicine room of AIIMS, Governor had a conversation with Dr Ram Prasad of CRPF 65th Battalion. Meanwhile, he also interacted with the patients and asked them if there was any problem.
Governor congratulated Director of AIIMS, Raipur Prof Dr Nitin M Nagarkar and staffs for the new telemedicine service initiated in the institution. He expressed hope that the institution will soon emerge as an excellent telemedicine centre. He suggested that other than the facility of audio-visual interaction between doctors and patients present at two different parts of the city, the institution should also facilitate high-tech electronic devices to ensure immediate dispatch of patients’ medical history, to the doctors.
Under-Construction Complex, Worth Rs 262 Crore inspected After attending the conference organised by AIIMS on ‘trauma’, Dutt inspected the construction site of AIIMS complex. He said that various departments including engineering department should be constructed systematically in the building complex so as to minimise the problems and disturbances in efficient management of the hospital after construction. He further added that the renewable energy resources like solar, water and air etc should be deployed in this medical complex, so that it becomes the most useful medical complex of 21st century. AIIMS Director Dr Nitin M Nagarkar and other officials concerned informed that this under-construction medical complex is based on the concept of ‘green building’. The estimated cost of construction of hospital building, medical college, nursing college, trauma unit and other sections of the medical complex is almost Rs 262 crore. This will have the capacity of total 960 beds.