Harak Singh Rawat reviews progress of proposed medical colleges
The construction activities in proposed new medical colleges in Dehradun and Almora should be done on war footing and the executing agency should ensure that all the works meet the standards laid down by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
The agriculture, medical education, agriculture marketing, horticulture and Soldier Welfare, Harak Singh Rawat said this while chairing a meeting held to review the progress of the proposed medical colleges here on Tuesday. In the meeting the issues of timely construction of the buildings, human resources and creation of posts for these medical colleges was discussed.
Expressing anguish on pace and quality of the construction activities in Doon hospital, Rawat said that an amount of Rs 10 crore is earmarked for reconstruction of 300 bed hospital and the ongoing construction activity is not as per the guidelines of MCI.
In the meeting the secretary medical education R K Sudhanshu informed that a amount of Rs 21 crores is spend out of the allotted Rs 30 crores for Doon Medical college but the utilization certificate is not provided yet by the executing agency. Similarly in the Doon hospital out of sanctioned amount of Rs 10 crores, Rs 51 lakhs is utilized. He informed that Rs 70 crore is proposed for the Almora Medical College while Rs 80 crore is proposed for Doon medical college.
Rawat said that the auditorium of Srinagar medical college should be made multipurpose for the benefit of the students. He ordered the college Principal to immediately expel those employees who are not working properly and are indulging in politics.
Rawat said that the medical college of Srinagar is his dream project and he wish that the trainees of this medical college spend at least one year in the rural areas of Garhwal. In the meeting the Vice Chancellor of Medical University Dr M C Pant, the director medical education Dr R P Bhatt, Principal Medical College Srinagar Dr I S Yog, the Project Manager UPRNN SK Mishra and others were present.