Rs77cr fund in hand, IGGMCH starts work on new admin building

NAGPUR: The work on the new administrative building at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) has finally started. The state government has given Rs77 crore for the new ground plus six floor building which will house all the major offices of all the fourteen departments and lecture halls. This is another step closer towards meeting the Medical Council of India (MCI) norms.
“Though it will take at least three years for the completion of the building, this is an indication to the MCI that the state government is supporting the required development for the college. Hence in this year’s inspection we can tell the MCI about fulfilling major requirements like the lecture halls,” said Dr A Keoliya, IGGMC dean.
The money for the building has been released to the Public Works Department. The tender work for the process has been completed and the construction work started about 4-5 days back. The construction will be done in three phases.
The building will house the offices of all the para-clinical and clinical departments, four lecture halls of 250 seating capacity and one lecture hall of 350 seating capacity. The MCI for many years has been objecting to the dilapidated condition of the lecture halls with less than the required seating capacity. The administrative building will also house the dean’s office on the ground floor.
The laboratories on the floor include labs in microbiology, pathology, pharmacology and the forensic science lab. Since the classes will be held in this building the boys’ and girls’ common rooms will also be stationed in it. It will also have a cafeteria in it.
IGGMC has had a hard time in trying to retain its seats right from the beginning. Initially the college had just 60 seats and the college struggled hard to raise this to 100 seats. But when the number of seats were increased pan India by 50 seats each in all major colleges in retaining the seats by fulfilling the norms of the MCI for these many seats came as a big challenge to them. In fact, since then the sword of de-recognition of seats has been hanging over the college.
MRI and CAT scan remain a big problem for the college. Though the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi, has donated the required amount for MRI, the state government has not managed to procure the MRI with the money for reasons best known to it.