Stung by the constant criticism regarding the medical service of the Doon Medical College deteriorating since the Doon Hospital turned medical college, Chief Minister Harish Rawat convened a meeting here in the Secretariat on Thursday with an objective to set things right. In the course of the meeting, he gave financial authority up to worth Rs 3 lakh to the Chief Medical Superintendent and Rs 7 lakh to the Principal of the GDMC for administrative works. To improve the service of the GDMC and the Doon Hospital, the State Government has also released Rs 5 cr.
Rawat asked the Principal and CMS to make sure that patients are not inconvenienced in the least. He further said that 50 percent of the money the hospital collects by way of user charges will be kept under the discretion of the Principal so that he can make necessary arrangements as things warrant. He also said that a women's ward in coronation hospital and a separate 30-bed facility for the dengue patients in the Doon Hospital would be established soon. This aside, additional beds in ICU would be provided too. Moreover, the CM instructed the officials to constitute a three- member committee headed by the Principal with CMS and the Finance Controller being the other two members.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh, Secretary Dr Bhupinder Kaur Aulakh and D Senthil Pandian, Additional Secretary Pankaj Pandey, Principal Dr PB Gupta, Director Dr Ashutosh Sayana and CMS Dr KK Tamta.