TRIHMS to constitute Engineering Task Force to approve infrastructural projects of Institute

Our Correspondent

Itanagar: The governing council of Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Science (TRIHMS) on Thursday resolved to constitute an Engineering Task Force to approve, monitor and certify all infrastructural projects of the institute.

The fourth meeting of the council was held in the institute under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pema Khandu here.

The decision came in the wake of several ongoing projects of the institute being halted or slowed down due to various reasons including delay in the approval of works by a committee constituted earlier for the purpose.

It has been now proposed that chief engineer (Planning & Design) would head the task force for approval, monitoring and certification of work projects being implemented at TRIHMS, an official communique informed.

Of the various infrastructures coming up at TRIHMS, it was informed that the hospital Block-II is 70 percent complete which will transform it to a 500-bedded hospital and also house 12 operation theatres, 25-30 bedded ICU, CCU and NICU, 50 pay cabins and several other facilities.

Seventy percent of the academic block is also completed while a process is on to acquire a private building to house at least 250 students, the communique said.

Delving on the progress of the state’s first medical college, TRIHMS Director Dr. Moji Jini informed the members that the first batch of 50 students are all into their second-year MBBS and those preparations are on to induct new students for the second batch next year.

He informed that as per the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) guidelines, the college cannot increase its student intake capacity until it has completed four academic years. However, the college authorities have approached the new National Medical Commission to allow TRIHMS to increase its student intake capacity from the next session.

Dr. Jini said that the college is fully capable to take in 100 to 200 students per session.

He informed that since the inception of TRIHMS, the footfall of patients has increased manifold. He said the hospital’s OPD has recorded about 1000 patients per day at an average, three times more than that of earlier.

To cater to all types of patients, he, however, stressed the need to establish PMR, Radiotherapy and Cancer wing and an Emergency & Trauma center besides procuring equipment like MRI, etc.

Dr. Jini informed TRIHMS is equipped with state-of-the-art Blood Component Separation unit, Echo Cardiograph machine along with a Cardiology department and ICU and CCU. The top-end Siemens CT Scan machine installed in the hospital, he revealed, is the second only acquired by any hospital in the country at the moment.

However, one of the statistics revealed by Dr. Jini raised concerns of the governing council members including the chief minister and Health Minister Alo Libang. TRIHMS records showed that besides old patients undergoing treatment, the number of new cancer patients has increased to 1000 each passing year, which is alarming.

All members agreed on the urgent need for research and treatment of cancer by creating the latest facilities at TRIHMS besides creating awareness amongst the citizens.

Khandu observed that the number of new cancer patients every year would be more than 1000 as many would have gone outside the state for diagnosis and treatment and are not reflected in the records.

The members discussed in detail various issues being faced by the college like shortage of manpower, non-evacuation of college land by a few offices and individuals, slow progress of construction works, etc.

Later it was resolved to prioritize and take up urgently the establishment of girls hostel, a hostel for Interns/Resident Doctors, Nurses hostel, accommodation facilities for faculty members and non-teaching staff and an auditorium for the smooth functioning of the institute, the communique added.

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