The decision to constitute the committee was taken at a special meeting presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis. Prof. S. Abrar Hasan, Dean Faculty of Medicine, Prof. M. Ashraf Malik, Principal and Chief Medical Superintendent, JNMC & Hospital and Prof. Pervez Mustajab, Officer on Special Duty also were present in the meeting.
The Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Prof. S. Abrar Hasan will be the Convener of the Committee constituted to prepare upgradation knity-grities. The other members of the proposed committee are - Principal & Chief Medical Superintendent, J.N. Medical College & Hospital, OSD (Development), Medical Superintendent, J.N. Medical College & Hospital, Chairman, Committee for Infrastructure Projects, MIC (Electricity), University Engineer, Building Department and Assistant Engineer, Water & Sewerage. Three medical experts were co-opted as extended members, they are - Prof. M.S. Valiathan, Professor Emeritus & Hony. Advisor, Manipal Life Science Centre, Manipal, Prof. A.K. Agrawal, Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and Dr. B.K. Rao, Director, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
The Faculty of Medicine is the largest faculty in the University system and its Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College is uniquely suited for the proposed upgradation. It has all the basic infrastructure and sufficient staff to meet the necessary requirement.
The JN Medical College offers a wide range of courses that includes MBBS, BDS, MDS, MD, MS, Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery. At present post graduate courses are being offered in 23 departments of the college. The staff consists of 59 Professors, 51 Readers, 68 Lecturers, 89 Senior Residents and 429 Junior Residents besides 1300 non-teaching and Paramedical staff. Furthermore there is no tertiary medical institute between Delhi and Lucknow, a distance of about 700 kms.
J. N. Medical College Hospital is an 1155-bedded secondary care referral hospital which is already providing comprehensive medical care to a large number of patients. The popularity and the esteem of the hospital is evident by the fact that in the year 2007-08, a bulk of 3,86,347 patients attended its OPD, 29,876 patients were admitted with a high bed occupancy rate and 12,327 operations were carried out.
Forty seven years old J.N. Medical College hospital provides round the clock emergency services and has 55 beds in the casualty section along with three well-equipped emergency operation theatre, 24-hours Labour room facility along with attached eight beds paediatric nursery are also available. The Department of Radio Diagnosis provides diagnostic services and is equipped with MRI, Spiral Whole body CT Scan, Colour Doppler Ultrasonography etc. The Blood Bank of the hospital is also well equipped and facilities for blood matching are available round the clock. An eight-bedded Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and eight-bedded Coronary Care Unit (CCU) with all essential equipments is functioning along with a Paediatrics Dependency Unit (HDU).
Based on the initiative of the University which submitted a comprehensive proposal of Rs. 201.67 Crores to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the Union Cabinet at its meeting held on February 5, 2009 has approved the upgradation of the J. N. Medical College to the level of an Institute of Medical Sciences at an estimated cost of Rs. 150 crores. As per the announcement made by the Union Minister, Mr. P. Chidambram, the upgradation was sanctioned under the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).
Once the upgradation plan is in place, the J.N. Medical College will become one of the foremost Medical Institutions of the country where all facilities may be made available to the patients.
(Dr. Rahat Abrar)
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