With a view to promoting scientific research in the field of medicine, the Chhattisgarh Government has decided to set up ‘DKS Post Graduate Institute and Research Centre’ in Raipur’s ‘Dau Kalyan Singh Bhawan’ (old Mantralaya building).
Sources said responsibility of renovation of the building for the institute, procurement of equipment, creating posts, appointment of medical officers and other staff has been entrusted to the Director, Medical Education.
In order to start the new institute according to the directives of Chief Minister Raman Singh, the Department has constituted a high-powered autonomous committee headed by the State’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Ajay Chandrakar.
Officials informed that the Committee had been formed under provision of Chhattisgarh Society Registration Act-1973.
The decision regarding renovation of the building, campus development, approval of important posts and appointment on those posts and other related decision will be taken by the Committee, an official in the know of the development informed.
They further informed State Public Works Department (PWD) had been appointed as the agency for undertaking institute’s building extension and campus development work.
The officials also informed permission or approval required from any Regulatory Commission or organisation for the institute would be sought immediately.
The institute is going to have a Director, Superintendent and a Nodal Officer and they will have the responsibility of starting the institute by fulfilling every parameter, said officials, adding that the officials will also be responsible of forming all requisite committees for the institute within one month.
Notably, Chief Minister Raman Singh had announced of starting a series of high expertise medical services, including neurosurgery, nephrology, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery and PET scan in DKS Hospital and made financial provision of Rs 21 crore in the State Budget of the current financial year 2016-17.