SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Nov 23: The Medical education wing of Jharkhand health department has set up a high-level committee under Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH) principal Dr Jyoti Ranjan Prasad to assess the requirement of workforce in three medical colleges including Mahtama Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) Jamshedpur and Phulo Jhano Medical College Hospital (PJMCH) Dumka.
Dr SK Singh, the director of medical education of state health department, issued a notification and directed the members of the committee to submit the report regarding requirement of all trio medical colleges to the government.
Apart from Dr Jyoti Ranjan Prasad, MGMMCH principal Dr KN Singh, superintendent Dr Ravindra Kumar Singh, PJMCH Dumka principal Dr Arun Kumar Choudhary, superintendent Dr Anukaran Purty and SNMMCH superintendent Dr AK Baranwal are the other members of the committee.
“The committee has been formed on the directive of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Health Arun Kumar Singh at the review meeting held on November 4 at Ranchi,” said the director of medical education Dr Singh.
He said that the committee would assess the available outsourced workforce in the Dhanbad, Dumka and Jamshedpur medical colleges. “The committee would see what is the present strength of the outsourced staff, what are the requirements, shortage in the institutions and why it is required. It would submit a joint report to the health department after this,” said Dr SK Singh.
SNMMCH principal Dr Jyoti Ranjan Prasad said that the assessment is being done by the trio institutions. “The committee members will soon hold a meeting to finalize the report for requirement of the outsourced staff,” he said.
PJMCH Dumka principal Dr Arun Kumar Choudhary also admitted to have received the letter from the director and said that the report on the same is being prepared.
Notably, all five medical colleges of the state government are reeling under an acute shortage of workforce. Especially, PJMCH Dumka which was set up in 2019 has no sanctioned posts for 4th-grade staff so far to even handle trolleys of patients
However, PJMCH superintendent Dr Anukaran Purty, who assumed charge around one month ago, has sent a letter to the health department for the immediate creation of the posts so that the hospital runs smoothly. “The government is filling up the faculty members and doctors. So, I have demanded the creation of sanctioned posts for 4th-grade staff to cater for the requirement of patients,” said DR Purty.
