JNIMS Obst. & Gynae OPD limits patient intake

By A Staff Reporter
IMPHAL | Jan 11
Gynaecology and obstetrics department JNIMS, has limited patient intake in out-patient department (OPD) to 150 patients per day with immediate effect.
An order issued by the medical superintendent in-charge, Prof….

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Jan 11

Gynaecology and obstetrics department JNIMS, has limited patient intake in out-patient department (OPD) to 150 patients per day with immediate effect.

An order issued by the medical superintendent in-charge, Prof. N. Jitendra said, however, emergency cases will be accepted at the obst. & gynae. wards through OPD and ATC/casualty counters.

The development comes in the wake of controversy surrounding the department following the death of a child during delivery on January 8 evening from Uyungpokpi Imphal East district.

An inquiry has been ordered in the case by the director JNIMS. The inquiry committee was to submit the report latest by today.

The limitation in OPD was issued following request from the head of department (HOD) obst. & gynae. JNIMS, to permit restriction of the number of OPD patients in the department.

The HOD of obst. & gynae. claimed that due to the improvement in the standard of management of the patients in the state run medical college hospital, JNIMS, the number of patients at OPD increased tremendously whereas the number of bed and manpower remain the same.

As a consequent, many patients requiring admission are in the waiting list as no vacant bed is available thereby many chaos are arising in the department.

Subsequently, a preventive measures, it requests the higher authority to limit the patient intake to 150 per day.

However, the HOD said that institute being referral centre it is not denying any emergency cases referred by peripheral centres.

It is learnt that at an average the OPD of the particular department alone attend about 250 patients per day.

Against this backdrop, the centre has taken a decision to upgrade existing 15 medical colleges of different state in the country to All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) level under Pradhan Mantri Swasthaya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

The ministry of health and family welfare has intimated the chief secretary of the state in writing on the status reports of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS).

Subsequently, the state government has initiated process to send a proposal to include JNIMS as one of the medical colleges to be upgraded to AIIMS level under the PMSSY.

If the proposal of the state government is approved Manipur will have two AIIMS level medical institutes which include RIMS.

As for the neighbouring state of Assam the Cabinet approved the proposal for the establishment of new AIIMS at Guwahati at a cost of Rs 1123 crores on May 24 last. The foundation stone laying has also been done by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 26 last.

Read more / Original news source: http://www.ifp.co.in/item/6442-jnims-obst-gynae-opd-limits-patient-intake