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MCI team inspects MGM Medical College, Hospital

PNS

A three-member team from Medical Council of India (MCI) inspected the MGM Medical College and Hospital in Jamshedpur on Thursday.

The team inspected MGM Hospital at Sakchi and MGM Medical College at Dimna in Mango. The team comprising Dr M Ravendran professor medicine Coimbatore Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Dr Sunita Gupta, professor anatomy AMC MET Medical College at l. G General Hospital in Ahmedabad and Dr Durga Madab Satapathy, SCB Medical College, Cuttack expressed concern over outsourcing of technical staff, non-utilization of infrastructure and poor strength of senior residents.

The MCI team member, Dr M Ravendran refused to speak but said that the report will be submitted to MCI.

Sources said that the team was not happy over outsourcing of technical staff to private agency and less numbers of senior residents and tutors. The college principal Dr AN Mishra however said that state government will be holding interviews for senior residents and tutors later this month.

The MCI team also expressed surprise that the hospital was yet to have Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for its surgical unit and also expressed anger at non-utilisation of newly constructed auditorium and library.

It may be mentioned that State Government governed Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital, is an Indian medical school established in 1964. It is situated in the outskirts of Jamshedpur near Dimna. The students are admitted through an All India pre medical test CBSE PMT held by CBSE and Jharkhand and Bihar States' combined entrance tests. The college's hospital is located in Sakchi. Currently there is post graduate education in non clinical and para-clinical subjects.