Two members of the Dental Council of India (DCI) — Dr Murti Mohan from Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Dr Anand Sigli — from Maharashtra on Tuesday visited State’s premier health institution, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), to inspect the newly constructed dental college.
The DCI team, on a two-day visit, has dropped round to see 100 bedded Dental College erected at an area of five acres land with an investment of Rs 9.8 lakh.
RIMS administration had written to DCI for the college recognition a couple of months back State’s Health Minister Rajendra Prasad Singh inaugurated it on March 3.
RIMS Director Tulsi Mahto sharing information about the same said, “DCI members have examined the college on the basis of seats and other criteria mentioned in Dental Council of India Regulations 2006.”
However, responding to a query on the prospect of the College getting DCI recognition he added, “We as an examinee have given our test. It is now for them to decide over the final outcome. We are expecting a positive result from the other end.”
On the first day visit, the DCI members also visited newly opened 500 capacity boys and girls hostel. After inspection the members had a meeting with the RIMS administrators.
According to sources, “In the meeting DCI members brought to light the institution’s perennial issue of manpower crisis, missing nameplates and required equipments for the college.” All the paper work for the same will be carried out on Wednesday.
However, medical students are excited with the hope of opening of much-touted dental college.
MBBS third year student Utkarsh Gupta said, “The opening of college will prove beneficial for the Jharkhand residents to a great extend. Patients who have to move one place to another for treatment can now get under one roof and that to within their budget.”
Dental Council of India (Establishment of New Dental Colleges, Opening of New of Higher course study or Training and increase of Admission Capacity in Dental Colleges) Regulations 2006 make it mandatory for a new dental college to certify that the college is associated with a recognized medical college located at the distance of 10 km by road and facilitate training to the dental students to get approval to start the new college.
Meanwhile, the RIMS administration after much hue and cry over the delivery of a stillborn child lodged an FIR against the deceased’s mother Neetu Kumari for hitting RIMS doctor Neha Din after receiving the sad news.
FIR has been registered at Bariatu police station. On Monday night a patient from Patratu was admitted in RIMS maternity ward. The woman late night gave birth to a still born child. The couple alleged the doctor carelessness behind the incident and thereafter a scuffle between left the doctor with head injury. According to Neetu, the doctor received head injury due to slipping down on the floor and by hitting her. The couple has not been discharged yet.