With the deadlock over Medical Council
of India (MCI) affiliation almost over, the Sikkim Manipal
Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS) has chalked out a road
map to obliterate the grey areas plaguing the institute.
A special health camp from 8 April at the Central Referral
Hospital (CRH) will figure prominently in its plan to attract
the grassroots level people.
“A special health camp is being organised from 8 April
to 14 April at the CRH where specialists from Manipal group
of hospitals and Bangalore will be available for facilitating
medical screening,” said Dr K Jayakumar, vice-chancellor,
Sikkim Manipal University, at a Press conference here today.
The objective of the special camp is to walk with the grassroots
with active support and participation from NGOs, panchayati
raj institutes and self-help groups, he added.
Elaborate arrangements for transport, diet to patients, supply
of medicine is being made and the patients would be provided
with medicines free of cost, they said.
Digitisation of CRH workings is also being planned.
“We will be issuing digital card to every patients at
the CRH to ensure swiftness and effective services”,
Dr Jayakumar, said.
The CRH is also planning to bring well-trained paramedical
staff from other states to give capacity building training
to its staff, he said.
Dr Jayakumar said the state government’s involvement
in the management of SMIMS is also being expanded according
to the observations of MCI. One major step being contemplated
towards that direction is to ensure smooth integration of
STNM hospital with CRH for “seamless transfer of patients”,
he said. The MCI recognition for all batches of SMIMS will
be coming by April, he added.
Working jointly with the NGOs and panchayati raj units, the
CRH will be organising health camps all over the state from
April with primary objective of screening patients for the
special camp.
The upcoming special camp is an exercise to enhance the impact
of health services rendered by the CRH and build capacity
within the institution to provide extensive medical healthcare
delivery, it was claimed.
Sikkim Youth Welfare Association has pledged its active support
to the medical camps. “It is an opportunity to help
the poor people from rural areas and they must take this opportunity”,
said Mr Robin Rai, one of the members of the association.
Courtesy: The Statesman |
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