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Malegaon:
A meager funding and disparity by the Government of India has led
to inadequate supply of essential medical equipments and drugs
available at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital (JNMCH)
virtually stopping the premier hospital run by the Aligarh Muslim
University (AMU) from serving the very purpose with which it was
established in 1962, a source revealed to ummid.com.
"The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College, Aligarh Muslim University which is one of the country’s
prestigious institutions of its kind, is passing through a very
critical stage primarily because of paucity of funds", it said.
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College &
Hospital - under the faculty of medicines, Aligarh Muslim
University (AMU) and funded by University Grant Commission (UGC),
is a tertiary hospital covering the health demands of
approximately 100 km radius around Aligarh. As primary health care
facilities in the adjoining
areas are in shambles, the hospital
is also maintaining functional mobile health van for urban health
training centre (UHTC) and Rural health training centre (RHTC).
"However, the funding of JNMCH by
UGC is merely 2 crore 10 lakh rupees per year for maintaining the
hospital. Using this amount, it has become almost impossible to
run the hospital to its full potential", it said.
This fund excludes the salary and
allowances for doctors & paramedical staff that amount to Rs.
32.66 crore, the total fund for the fiscal year 2011-2012
being 34.76 crore rupees.
As against this, the source claimed,
the funding for other major hospitals for the fiscal year 2011-12
are: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) 1,124 crore,
Safdarjung Hospital (New Delhi) 467 crore, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia
Hospital 322 crore, Kalawati Saran Hospital 61crore and
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER),
Chandigarh 546 crore rupees.
"Just imagine, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia
Hospital - a 600 bedded hospital, is receiving 322 crore rupees and
326-bed Kalawati Saran Hospital is receiving 61 crore. But JNMCH
is allocated just 2.10 crore rupees", it said alleging disparity
by the government of India.
"In fact", it said, "Union Health
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad during his visit to the hospital in
January 2010 was shocked to see the pathetic condition prevailing
in different wards."
The sources said that the minister
had promised to "do the needful" but nothing has materialized till
now.
"In fact", the source said, "Ever
since the minister made this promise, a group of doctors working in Delhi
and alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital (JNMCH)
with The Quality Governance Foundation of India (QGFI) - a New
Delhi based NGO, are pursuing with the Union Health Ministry and
Planning Commission of India for an increase in the planned fund
allocation for the hospital to at least Rs.100 Crore annually for
the next five year plan."
The idea of having a medical college
and hospital in Aligarh Muslim University was first conceived by
Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed, Vice Chancellor of the University in the early
forties. Finally, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College was declared
open by Prof. Hadi Hasan on 2nd October 1962 and was recognized by
the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 1969.
"At present, the hospital is one of
the major tertiary care hospital with 1,150 beds covering 12
western UP districts having worst health care facilities. The
patient coverage of hospital in 2009-2010 was 4,41,081 in OPD (new
cases & follow up) whereas the patients for indoor care was
32,464", the source claimed citing the hospital records.
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