While taking stock of the State Medical Education Department late Friday night through a review meeting held at the secretariat, Uttarakhand Chief Minster Harish Rawat asked the officials concerned to start using the buildings of nursing colleges whose construction has been completed. He further said that things regarding nursing colleges being set up in Roshnabad, Tehri and Haldwani must be completed by September 30, 2016. Besides, he directed them to expedite construction works of the nursing colleges being established in Pithoragarh, Almora and Gopeshwar. Things must improve substantially in Doon Medical College and Hospital to facilitate the patients thronging it from the far-flung areas of the State for treatment, the CM said. CMS should ensure that the people coming here must not face any sort of inconvenience, he said, adding that that `5 crore has been sectioned for the purpose.
CM said that management committee must be constituted in the Doon Medical College and Hospital. To facilitate the students to start their studies at the earliest, counselling process must be started immediately, he said.
Harish Rawat also said that things must speed up regarding the construction of Almora Medical College. He took detailed information of the medical colleges being set up in Bhagwanpura, Rudrapur, Pithoragarh and Kotdwar. He said the option of running these institutes on PPP mode should be explored in full.
Condition of hospitals equipped with 100 or more beds should be improved too, he said, adding that some medical courses should be taught there.