Health Department Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi has said on Friday that proposed Cancer Research Centre cum Hospital by Tata Trust in Ranchi was most likely to be established either in Itki or in Brambe.
While praising Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for bagging “Most Promising Medical College in Eastern India” award during Asia Education Summit and Awards 2017 last month and RIMS Director Bl Sherwal for taking institute to such heights, Chandravanshi said that efforts were being made to make RIMS one of the best medical colleges in India.
“We have some 300 acres of land in Itki and also sufficient land in Brambe. The proposed cancer hospital is most likely to be established at one among them and it’s all their (Tata Trust) call now. They have to choose a suitable location. But things regarding this will be finalised only after we meet with Tata Trust people soon,” said Chandravanshi who also holds Medical Education and Family Welfare Department portfolios with him.
Interestingly, the Government had not only sanctioned a sum of `140 crore in February last year in a cabinet meeting for building a cancer hospital and research center at Brambe, but had also floated a tender for the same. However, the Health Department Additional Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi on Friday denied any plan of
two separate cancer hospitals in Ranchi.
“The earlier plan to set up a cancer hospital in Brambe has not moved farther than having a Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by an agency. Tender has not been awarded for it to anyone. Moreover, we will have to see whether what kind of involvement we really require from Tata Trust. It is possible that we create a set up and give them to operate it. Or it is possible that they start things from scratch and do everything by themselves with mutual understanding with the government. But one thing is for sure that we require at least one cancer hospital in the State and will chalk out plans with Tata Trust,” said Tripathi.
Chandravanshi also said that RIMS was very much on the way to overcome all its shortcomings as soon as possible. “We have addressed one of the major issues in form of promotion of assistant professors, while other promotion issues will be addressed by July-August this year. Mechanised laundry will be operational soon, and kitchen has already been allotted to a company,” said the minister, where Tripathi and Sherwal were present among other officials.
The Minister was in RIMS on Friday to felicitate Sherwal for leading RIMS up to the height of receiving Most Promising Medical College in Eastern India awards during Asia Education Summit and Awards 2017 which took place in Delhi last month. “We are keen to address each and every single issue as early as possible so that RIMS which could merely get any accolade until as recently as two years ago could be turned in an acclaimed premier medical education institute in India.”
He also praised Sherwal for taking a number of progressive and administrative steps after taking charge around mid-2015 and Tripathi for remarkably speeding up trial of each and every file the moment it reached to him.
Sherwal, however, said on the occasion that the only hope for millions of patients of the State, RIMS, did pose some challenges related to day-to-day affairs. “We are all trying to overcome those relatively smaller issues. I must thank all of the staff and anyone serving at RIMS to help the institute get such a prestigious award,” added Sherwal.
Notably, Chief Minister Raghubar Das had requested Tata Trust Chairman Ratan Tata during Global Investors’ Summit (GIS) organised on February 16-17 this year to set up one Cancer research centre cum hospital in the State, which was accepted by the Group. A team of Trust met with senior officials of Health Department on Thursday to discuss issues related to it and to take things forward.