A two-member team of Medical Council of India (MCI) on Thursday carried out a surprise inspection at the State-run MGM Medical College and Hospital.
During the inspection, the MCI team member S K Biswas from Kolkata took stock of the infrastructural facility available at here. He sought information on beds available, availability of medical equipment like X-Ray machines, city scan, stock of medicines, and ventilator facility.While visiting the departments, the MCI team member also checked the attendance register and roster of the doctors and staff nurse as well as the other supportive staff of the hospital.
"I cannot divulge my findings but I am here to conduct the inspection of the medical college hospital, and will submit my report to the MCI shortly," said the MCI official.The MCI inspection last time had been carried out in November 2013, when a two member team had visited the hospital following prior information. But this time it was a surprise inspection.
Ashok Kumar Singh, deputy superintendent, MGM Medical College and Hospital, admitted that the hospital's condition is not up to the mark.Notably, the seat capacity for the MBBS course in the MGM Medical College has been increased from 50 to 100 last year, but the increment of seats is subject to a condition that the infrastructure for providing medical education at the college and providing medical treatment to the patients at the hospital must also improve.
Though the MGM Medical College and Hospital has 520 beds both the medical college as well as the hospital lacks a lot in terms of teaching staff, medical equipments, nursing staff, supportive staff like ward-boy, technicians, dressers and lack of inadequate medicine supply.AN Mishra, principal of the medical college said that the MCI inspection was also carried out at the medical college by a one-member team, but declined to give details It may be noted that the medical college had faced a de-affiliation threat in the 2004 inspection due to shortage of faculty members . But , over a period of time, the issue was addressed by the institution's management and State health department. The hospital also set up an out-patients department, facility for CT scan and a blood bank.
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 paraclinical subjects.