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NMC picks holes in MMCH's report, cites several deficiencies
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Daltonganj: The National Medical Commission's (NMC) undergraduate medical education board (UGMEB) has red-flagged nine deficiencies in the Medinirai Medical College Hospital (MMCH) in Daltonganj based on the health institute's annual disclosure report (ADR) in April this year.
Medical colleges are mandated to submit their ADR for permission to admit students in the first year of the MBBS courses every calendar year. However, the red flagging has now put the fate of MMCH in a limbo.
Principal of MMCH Daltonganj, Dr P N Mahto, said, "The director of UGMEB has issued a show cause notice to this medical college, seeking our response to the issues raised by them."
Sources said the UGMEB director, Sukh Lal Meena, sent the notice to this medical college in the first week of May.
The deficiencies are varied and broad ranging from faculty crunch to facilities. "This medical college is operating with only 30% of the required faculty and rest are vacant," the principal said.
UGMEB also raised concern over the number of beds. It must be 500 as per NMC's norms. MMCH currently has 353 beds. "By the end of Dec, the college will have 500 beds for which works are underway," said the principal.
The poor bed occupancy too was highlighted. The normal percentage of bed occupancy is over 90%. However, the UGMEB found it to be only 66.6%.
"Once we become a 500-bed hospital, our bed occupancy percentage will increase," the principal added. MMCH also has lesser number of cadavers as opposed to the prescribe 10 in number. "
