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Time of India
6 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
E S'bhum readies isolation wards to tackle Covid cases
1 2 Jamshedpur: Anticipating a surge in Covid 19 cases which might require hospitalisation, the East Singhbhum health department has begun readying dedicated wards in two govt owned hospitals in the city. Officials here on Saturday said a 10-bed Covid 19 ward has been set up at Jamshedpur sadar hospital. That apart, another 16 beds have been reserved as a Covid 19 isolation ward in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH). "The 16 bedded ward is being readied at the old building in Sakchi, where beds are equipped with oxygen. The oxygen plant at our facility is also working," Dr Diwakar Hansda, principal of MGMMCH, said. "That apart, mock drill to check the readiness of pressure swing absorption (PSA) oxygen plants across govt hospitals across the district, including sadar hospital, MGMMCH, Ghatshila sub-divisional hospital and Chakulia govt hospital, were carried out on Saturday," East Singhbhum civil surgeon Dr said. Pall said drill was part of the exercise to put the system and the officials on the ready mode. "We have identified some lacking in the response system which would be addressed shortly," he said, but did not divulge further details. Pall said private hospitals were asked to keep a ward ready for the Covid patients and make sure that all necessary facilities for the treatment are in place. The hospitals have been asked to immediately report to the district integrated disease surveillance cell about suspected cases so that tests could be done without delays. The department has also asked the healthcare centres to put up posters at the OPDs to create awareness. Meanwhile, a Kadma based couple, who tested positive in RAT test earlier, tested negative in the RT-PCR test, which was done at MGMMCH on Saturday, Pall said.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
‘Shift to new MGM campus almost over'
Jamshedpur: The shifting process of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) is almost over with the offices of the hospital superintendent, his deputy, and heads of department reporting from the new on-campus building at Dimna on Monday. The outpatient departments (OPD) of heart, paediatric, burn, eye, skin, ENT, and general medicine have shifted. "Given that some of the departments are in the process of shifting, the superintendent and I are rotating ourselves, devoting equal time at the old and new buildings so that people don't face problem in approaching us in the event of urgency," said deputy superintendent Nakul Chaudhary. He further said that in the next week, the gynaecology, orthopaedic, and surgery departments will be shifted to the new building, and subsequent to that, the emergency department will be shifted. "In about two weeks, all the departments will be shifted to the new building," he said. The exercise to shift the entire healthcare services departments to the on-campus building witnessed a pace-up following the tragic incident on May 3, in which four people, including three patients, died after the balcony of the medicine block collapsed. The multi-storey healthcare building is designed to provide consultancy and treatment at 12 departments. The state govt built the 851-bed capacity hospital at a cost of Rs 376 crore.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
MGM balcony collapse toll touches four
Jamshedpur: The death toll in the May 3 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) balcony collapse incident touched four. A resident of Seraikela Kharsawan, Renuka Devi (72), who was undergoing treatment at the critical care unit of the Tata Main Hospital , succumbed to her injuries on Friday. She was at the medicine ward attending to her son, Srichand Tanti (50), when the balcony on the third floor collapsed on the second. A patient, Sunil Kumar (57), is admitted at the MGMMCH at the bodies of three patients — Tanti, Lukas Simon Tirkey (61), and David Johnson (75) — were recovered from the minister Ifran Ansari has announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia for the kin of the deceased. The district administration would ensure that the victims' family members get the ex gratia, said principal Dr Diwakar Hansda said, "The eye, ENT, and dermatology departments would be shifted from the Sakchi building to the 851-bed hospital at Dimna by May 15 in the first stage. Subsequently, the remaining departments would be shifted in phases."Jamshedpur (West) MLA Saryu Roy advised the hospital authorities to first ensure the availability of water at the Dimna campus before shifting all the departments. With 10 deep borewells on the college campus, the new hospital is sourcing 2.5 lakh litres of water daily, whereas the requirement is over 5 lakh litres of water daily, said hospital sources.
Time of India
04-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
MGM buildings a death trap, say junior doctors
Jamshedpur: The collapse of the dilapidated balcony from the third floor of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) is primarily the fault of the hospital management, according to several stakeholders and politicians. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The three-storey building, which houses the children's ward on the ground floor, the gynaecology ward on the first floor and the medicine ward on the second and third floors, is a six-decade-old structure. Built in 1961, the medicine block has been experiencing considerable damage over time with reports of plaster falling from the ceiling of the building appearing in the media regularly. The building was last repaired in the 2022-23 period for Rs 39 lakh but officials have said the repair was not properly done. About six months after the repair, plaster of the ceiling disintegrated in several places and seepage occurred. The employees at the ward, particularly the cleaning staff and the patients, brought the matter to the knowledge of the authorities but there was no action. At least on 10 different occasions in last two years, reports of the falling plaster from the three buildings appeared in the media. "For the last nine years, I have been raising the issue of the dilapidated building with the hospital management and the building construction department, but nothing worthwhile has happened. The balcony collapse incident has exposed the state of affairs of the govt hospital," Jamshedpur (West) MLA Saryu Roy. The MGMMCH Junior Doctors' Association president, Dr Ganesh Shrivastav, said all three connected buildings of MGMMCH are in a broken-down state, inviting risk to the lives of the hospital staff, patients and visitors. "It wouldn't be incorrect to say that the wards n the three old buildings are death traps," Dr Shrivastav said. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A senior doctor at the gynaecology ward said on condition of anonymity that the state health secretary was eager to shift the OPD and the indoor services to the new hospital at Dimna but due to the lackadaisical approach of the hospital authorities, the shifting couldn't be done, so far.
Time of India
04-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Death toll rises to 3 in MGM balcony collapse
Jamshedpur: The death toll in the collapse of a balcony located located on the third floor of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) Sakchi, also known as MGM, has risen to three. The incident also injured two patients. After two bodies were found in the debris of the collapsed structure on Saturday, the body of the third person was recovered from the same pile at 1.30 am on Sunday. The five victims were in the medicine ward on the second floor when the balcony fell. Soon after the incident, which happened between 3.50 pm and 4 pm on Saturday, chief minister Hemant Soren ordered a probe into the matter, announced compensation for the victims and asked the authorities to take action against officials responsible for the incident. East Singhbhum DC Ananya Mittal has constituted a probe team to investigate the matter in detail and submit a report within two days. State health minister, Irfan Ansari, who rushed to the hospital late on Saturday evening, enquired with the officials about the incident and said accountability would be fixed in the incident Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pernas e pés inchados: Experimente isso para ajudar a drenar o fluído do edema aartedoherbalismo Undo Later, the minister said that compensation of Rs 5 lakh each has been announced for the kin of the three deceased persons and Rs 50,000 to the injured. While the two deceased on Saturday have been identified as David Johnson (75), Lukas Tirki (61), the body of Srichand Tanti (67) was found early on Sunday. The two injured persons are elderly patients Renuka Devi and Sunil Kumar (57). Renuka Devi has been shifted to Tata Main Hospital (TMH) for better treatment while Sunil Kumar is recuperating at MGM. MGM's deputy superintendent, Nakul Chaudhary said the rescue operations continued all night and 15 patients were in the medicine ward when the incident occurred. Of them, 10 were rescued, two were injured and three were dead.
