Health Secretary KK Soan on Thursday inspected health facilities in Dhanbad both at the Sasaram Hospital as well as SNMMCH during his day-long stay. He held a meeting with district administration and health authorities to ensure that the facilities at district headquarters as well as rural areas were augmented for providing quality health services in coal capital.
Soan directed deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh to initiate steps for setting up a generic medicine shop within premises of the Sadar hospital after inspecting the building and other facilities there. Later, he inspected different departments of SNMMCH and assured to provide all support for betterment of the college and hospital.
It’s worth mentioning that due to non-availability of senior faculty members the number of seats at this hospital could not be increased. Over 35 per cent of faculty posts including professor, associate professor and assistant professors are vacant since long.
In another move interns of the SNMMCH met the health secretary and handed over a memorandum to him demanding hike in the monthly honorarium. Presently, they are getting Rs 15,000 per month. The interns have demanded a hike in the honorarium and make it at par with the interns of RIMS Ranchi. There the interns are receiving Rs 25,000 month.
The health secretary assured to consider their demands. He also directed the Heath officials to provide health facilities to Ayushman card holders too. Besides, Dhanbad DC, Civil Surgeon, Gopal Das, SNMMCH principal Shailendra Kumar and superintendent RN Choudhary and others were present during the inspection and meetings.