Health Minister Banna Gupta inspected  of MGM Medical College and Hospital in Sakchi and monitored the functioning of different departments. He instructed the hospital authorities to ensure that all doctors attending duties at OPD and in emergency.He also asked the hospital administration to ensure that all doctors attend their duty at OPD and emergency and took serious note of absence of two doctors.

“During the inspection several instructions were given and we have already started working on the directive and would try to put the name plates bearing names of doctors on duty at the OPD and emergency within this week only,” said an official .

 Incidentally, the OPD functions from  9 am – 1 pm and from 4 pm – 6pm daily (barring Sunday) at the hospital. On Sunday, the OPDs are closed and only emergency functions at the hospital.  Gupta during the hour-long inspection also visited medicine and orthopaedic wards and interacted with patients and took feedbacks about the treatment and foods served at the wards.   He also held a meeting with the hospital administration about shortcomings in the hospital and steps taken to overcome it.

 "We will be acting on his directives and those doctors found absent have been asked to explain their position,” said an official.

 The MGMCH is a government hospital with the facility of 540 beds. Everyday around 1000 patients come here for treatment. Several times parts of ceiling and windows have collapsed four times in the government hospital. Due to lack of repair work and attention of the authorities concerned.