The much awaited meeting of Hospital Management Committee (HMC) of associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) was held at the hospital campus on Monday. The meeting was organised for the first time since it was reconstituted recently.
In the meeting decision to purchase medicines and regents worth Rs 1.20 Crore were taken. The hospital would now purchase the hemophilia factor (required in treatment of Hemophilia) on its own ending the dependency on health directorate for purchase and supply of this life saving factor. The HMC decided to install additional units of baby warmer, phototherapy machines and ventilators in the female section of the hospital.
The Principal of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), Dr Pradip Bharati presided over the meeting in the capacity of Chairperson of the HMC. He said that the budget proposals of the hospital expenditures were cleared in principle during the meeting. Dr Gupta said that all pending Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) of lift, purifiers, telephone, camera and other items proposed by Medical Superintendent (MS), Dr K K Tamta were approved by the HMC. He also informed that the state government has given green signal for recruitment of three Emergency Medical Officers (EMOs) for the emergency wing of the hospital. The emergency wing of the biggest hospital of the state was severely hampered by shortage of EMOs. The hospital has only three EMOs and other doctors had to be assigned emergency duties.
The Pioneer in its edition of October 11 had highlighted the plight of patients due to shortage of EMOs in its emergency wing. The meeting of HMC was attended by MS Dr K K Tamta, finance controller Gulfam Ahmed, Dr J S Rana, Dr Meenakshi Joshi, Dr K C Pant and others.
It is worth mentioning here that the HMC was dissolved earlier this year when the erstwhile Doon hospital (A district hospital) was merged with the medical college on the plea that an associated hospital of medical college does not have such a committee.
However the dissolving of this committee had an adverse impact on the functioning of the hospital after which the state Chief Minister Harish Rawat ordered to reinstate it.
