The much-awaited Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) hospital at Ratu Road will be started by March 15. Director of Devkamal Hospital Dr Ananth Sinha talking to the media on Tuesday said that the list of doctors will cleared soon.
“As I promised to open the hospital before Holi, we are going to inaugurate it on March 15. All preparations are done and the list of doctors will also be finalised soon,” said Sinha. After a long wait of two years RMC has given the responsibility of running the 20 bedded RMC hospital to Devkamal hospital at a lease of 15 years. The 4,000 sq ft hospital has departments of, Surgery, Medicine, ENT, Orthopedics, Gynecology with labour room facility, and Pediatrics with a five bedded pediatric unit.
For Below Poverty line (BPl) families and civic body employees the hospital is offering rebate upto 20 per cent in OPD and IPD. “According to RMC’s contract papers ten per cent of the hospital turnover will given to RMC. Moreover, the RMC employees will seek free treatment in the hospital and families hailing from weaker section of the society. Our aim is to provide best medical facilities at cheapest rate,” added Sinha.
The hospital authorities have decided to charge a sum of Rs 200 per consultant for OPD and in case of special appointment in the evening for Private Super Speciality Hospital OPD one has to pay Rs 450. The OPD will remain open from 9 am till 7:30pm. “Instead of a popular face we have decided to inaugurate the hospital by a common man,” added Sinha.
However, responding to the query regarding the plans of running the hospital Sinha commented, “We are going to put up world’s best technology and place best team of doctors in the hospital. In case of any critical patient who cannot be managed here would be referred to Devkamal hospital or any other medical centre of their choice. Ambulance services will be made available to them.”