It seems that the long wait of Ranchities for availing facilities of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) hospital situated near the Ratu Road is over. The hospital is all set to open on March 25. The Out Patient Department (OPD) fee has come down from Rs200 to Rs100.
Devkamal Hospital Director Dr Ananth Sinha who has the responsibility of running the hospital for 15 years sharing the information about the same said, “From past few days RMC officials were concerned about the OPD fees. According them the fee will burn a bigger hole in the pockets of the Below Poverty line (BPl) families. Regarding this a meeting was called at the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) office. In the meeting with mutual consent the OPD fee has been fixed.”
The trade body invited the officials of Devakamal hospital and RMC members to sort out the issue of OPD fees on Thursday late evening. The meeting was chaired by FJCCI president Bikash Kumar Singh, Former president Ranjit Tibrewal along with Devakamal Director Dr Ananth, Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargiya and some ward councilors.
In a brief lull the matter was sorted out and with everybody nods it was decided to open the hospital on Monday.
“Unreasonably the matter was being exaggerated by some of the ward councilors and RMC officials the issue is sorted out and BPl families can get best treatment at cheapest rate,” added Federation president Bikash Singh.
“The Nigam hospital will give them best treatment at cheapest rate. The protest was not personnel it was for the well being of the BPl patients for whom the hospital is structured,” Vijayvargiya said.