Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMCH) is soon going to get a facelift. The hospital has begun preparations in this regard.
The ball has been set rolling for the renovation of two of the ramshackled buildings. It is slated to begin from the next week and a contract worth Rs1.9 crores after a tender was finalised by the engineering cell of the department of health, sports and medical education today.
local agency, SK Thakur and Company has bagged the contract worth Rs1.9 crores for mending and modifying the Medical Block and Administrative Building.
Officials of engineering cell of the department of health, sports and medical education, informed that today the tenders for the repairing Medical Block and Administrative building worth Rs1.3 crores and Rs60 lakh respectively were finalised.
A fund of Rs5.5 crores which had returned to the State ex-chequer unutilised in the end of 2012-13 financial year, has once again sanctioned recently.
The MGMCH is a Government hospital with the facility of 540 beds. Everyday around 1000 patients come here for treatment. In less than a month, parts of ceiling and windows have collapsed four times in the Government hospital. Due to lack of repair work and attention of the authorities concerned, the condition of the hospital has deteriorated to a great extent.
"We are keen to develop the hospital. The fund will be used for the renovation of the MGM Medical College and Hospital," said an official. He said as the superintendent of the medical college hospital, SS Prasad had already handed over the papers related to the State fund to the engineering cell.
Meanwhile, hospital superintendent Prasad said that they will try ensuring a quality work as the repairing and renovation work begins. The superintendent of the hospital had written to all senior authorities and ministers regarding the need for repair of the hospital buildings and sent them reminders several times. But unfortunately no heed has been paid to the demands made by him.
It may be mentioned that State Government owned 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.