A two-member team from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) inspected the MGM Medical College at Dimna to oversee the infrastructure at that Government medical college.The team comprising UC Chaturvedi, senior scientific consultant, ICMR, New Delhi and DA Gadkari, emeritus medical scientist (ICMR), National Institute of Virology, Pune, inspected the MGM Medical College. Sources informed that the team carried feasibility report for setting up viral disease research centre (VDRC) at the medical college in Dimna.“We are carrying feasibility report for setting up proposed VDRC. We also went to Patliputra Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad yesterday. Today we are here to inspect the infrastructural facility to ensure whether a VDRC can be set up here or not. We will give our recommendations to the Union health ministry after we reach New Delhi,” said Chaturvedi.
The team of senior officials went over to the medical college’s microbiology department and took stock of the laboratory as well as teaching staff. Apart from the microbiology department, the team visited other departments and tried to have an over view about the standard of medical education being provided at the college.Sources informed that Chaturvedi and Gadkari addressed the faculty members of the medical college and also AN Mishra and RY Chowdhury, principal of MGM Medical College and superintendent of the medical college hospital respectively.
Principal Mishra said that the team was extremely impressed with the available medical infrastructure at the medical college. “ We are happy that we are being considered for the proposed centre. The ICMR team’s visit was aimed at establishing a VDRC here. After the inspection was over, the senior scientific consultant Chaturvedi expressed his satisfaction at the existing infrastructural facility at our college. He has said that the chances of setting up the VDRC are very favourable,” said the Principal.
The centre will deal with disease like dengue, Japanese Encephalitis, chikungunya, beside the normal cases of viral fever. If VDRC is set up at the MGM Medical College the blood and swab sample of the suspected viral disease patients will not have to be sent to Pune, or Kolkata for examination.It may be mentioned that State Government governed Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital, is an Indian medical school established in 1964. It is situated in the outskirts of Jamshedpur near Dimna. The students are admitted through an All India pre-medical test CBSE PMT held by CBSE and Jharkhand and Bihar states’ combined entrance tests. The college’s hospital is located in Sakchi. Currently there is post graduate education in non clinical and paraclinical subjects.