CM: PG courses to soon start at Hamirpur medical college

Shimla: Post-graduate courses will soon commence at Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College (RKGMC) at Hamirpur soon, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday. The state government has approved the creation and filling of six associate professor posts and 10 assistant professor posts in key departments, such as general medicine, paediatrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, anaesthesia, and radiology. The chief minister added that the specialists form the backbone of the healthcare services in medical colleges and hospitals, therefore, it is essential to introduce post graduate courses.In a step to address the growing patient load at Hamirpur medical college and hospital, the chief minister said that there was an urgent need to introduce post graduate courses in various other specialties to improve patient care and healthcare services. The essentiality-cum-feasibility certificate for introducing post graduate courses in the departments of ophthalmology, dermatology, and physiology had already been issued, he added.The chief minister also said that the state government has also sanctioned the creation and filling of 150 posts of nurses at Dr RKGMC, Hamirpur. “The government is committed to ensuring optimal patient-to-nurse ratios, with a 1:1 ratio in ICUs, 1:2 in labour rooms, and 1:4 in antenatal general wards,” said Sukhu. The state government is focusing on strengthening medical colleges across the state and over the past year, 1,182 new posts of various categories have been approved for Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla and Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda, in district Kangra, he added.Similar efforts are being made to ensure adequate staffing and infrastructure at Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar Government Medical College Nahan, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College Chamba and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College and Hospital Ner Chowk, Mandi to facilitate the patients, said Sukhu. The world-class medical equipment and machinery are being procured to modernise the state’s healthcare sector, he added.

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Gadkari advocates for more medical colleges to boost economic returns

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