Ranchi: Jamtara Sadar Hospital will now be upgraded to a medical college under public-private partnership mode. Health minister Irfan Ansari on Thursday over the letter of intent to the private company, which has been shortlisted for the project, at a ceremony at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims).The proposed medical college will have 420 beds and 100 MBBS seats, Ansari said.Earlier in May, state govt had announced plans to upgrade district hospitals in Khunti, Jamtara, Giridih and Dhanbad to medical colleges following a state cabinet approval to upgrade district hospitals into medical colleges under PPP mode to boost Jharkhand’s healthcare services.Ansari chaired over the 66th governing body meeting of Rims on Thursday, where 16 agendas related to the development of Rims were discussed.Rims will receive a financial grant of Rs 466 crore for upgrade and renovation of the campus, buildings, hostels, residential facilities and other infrastructure. Additionally, 10 new departments will be established.“To expand medical education in the state, Rims has decided to send proposals to increase postgraduate (PG) seats from 176 to 256 and super-speciality seats from 11 to 150. During the meeting, the need to ensure availability of more than 200 ventilators to meet the requirements of critically ill patients and emergency services was discussed along with expanding ultrasound, echocardiography and X-ray facilities and adopting modern medical technologies to improve patient care at the hospital,” Ansari said.Ansari said recruitment process of 106 nurses, 12 hospital managers and 100 Ayushman Mitras will be initiated along with developing a well-equipped burn ward and availability of hearse vans. During the meeting, decisions to increase faculty numbers from the current 319 to 335 and decrease non-teaching posts from 1,962 to 1,862 were also taken.
