SILCHAR, Aug 26: “Concrete steps are afoot to modernize the paedriatic wing of Indian Red Cross Hospital here with particular stress on mother-child care for which adequate fund is being explored,” pointed out Gautam Ganguli, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar and Chairman of the Indian Red Cross Hospital Society.
He dismissed as totally baseless the allegation levelled in a vernacular daily that “there is no account or trace of Rs 15 lakh donated by ONGC for the development of paedriatic ward”. He clarified that the amount in question was invested in the term deposit of Vijaya Bank which has accrued an interest of Rs 76,000.
The donated money has neither been misused or misappropriated, he asserted, and added the scheme will be drawn up and work started soon for a five-bed paediatric ward with the approval of the State committee as per norms.
More resources have to be pulled up for that in order to have medical expertise and a paedriatic surgeon as well as child specialists. He admitted lack of required infrastructure and facility.
The Government of Assam, he disclosed, has recognized the hospital as urban health centre and provided MBBS doctors, GNM and pharmacist, one each, besides two support staff. Treatment here is provided free of charges, including medicine under sponsorship of National Rural Health Mission, Assam.
With the assumption of responsibility by the present executive committee, Badal Dey, general secretary of the Indian Red Cross Society, said: “Many irregularities have been set right”.
The membership of 372-body society has been regularized. ANM girls hostel has been constructed with funds provided by MP and MLA and generated from our own sources”.
Along with that construction of 2-bed eye cabin, conversion of general ward into a 5-bed cabin, upgrading of the Pathology department and improvement of blood bank facility with accessories have been done with the fund of the hospital, he said.
For the 62-bed hospital, Dey pointed out, there are 4 doctors, 2 general and 18 ANM staff. Founded by Henry Donald in the British era, the hospital has come a long way to serve all sections all people in need of medical care, attention and treatment. THE SENTINEL
He dismissed as totally baseless the allegation levelled in a vernacular daily that “there is no account or trace of Rs 15 lakh donated by ONGC for the development of paedriatic ward”. He clarified that the amount in question was invested in the term deposit of Vijaya Bank which has accrued an interest of Rs 76,000.
The donated money has neither been misused or misappropriated, he asserted, and added the scheme will be drawn up and work started soon for a five-bed paediatric ward with the approval of the State committee as per norms.
More resources have to be pulled up for that in order to have medical expertise and a paedriatic surgeon as well as child specialists. He admitted lack of required infrastructure and facility.
The Government of Assam, he disclosed, has recognized the hospital as urban health centre and provided MBBS doctors, GNM and pharmacist, one each, besides two support staff. Treatment here is provided free of charges, including medicine under sponsorship of National Rural Health Mission, Assam.
With the assumption of responsibility by the present executive committee, Badal Dey, general secretary of the Indian Red Cross Society, said: “Many irregularities have been set right”.
The membership of 372-body society has been regularized. ANM girls hostel has been constructed with funds provided by MP and MLA and generated from our own sources”.
Along with that construction of 2-bed eye cabin, conversion of general ward into a 5-bed cabin, upgrading of the Pathology department and improvement of blood bank facility with accessories have been done with the fund of the hospital, he said.
For the 62-bed hospital, Dey pointed out, there are 4 doctors, 2 general and 18 ANM staff. Founded by Henry Donald in the British era, the hospital has come a long way to serve all sections all people in need of medical care, attention and treatment. THE SENTINEL
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