Collector assures help to GMCH

Aurangabad: District collector Sunil Chavan has assured the government medical college and hospital (GMCH) officials that he would address various issues such as infrastructure and manpower problems to ease the burden on the hospital.

He visited the hospital on Wednesday evening to take stock of the situation.

Chavan also addressed a meeting of officials, including hospital dean Kanan Yelikar, additional collector Anant Gavhane and deputy divisional commissioner Varshan Thakur as well as other health officials and doctors. He said that he was aware of the burden on GMCH and that there are vacancies in almost every section of the hospital which faces a variety of issues ranging from water supply to the issues involving the public works department and availability of medicines.

The collector directed the officials to increase the hospital capacity to 607 beds for treating Covid-19 patients and make rope in senior doctors aged 50 and above to treat patients. He also informed the dean and other authorities that an MRI machine would additionally be installed at the hospital.