JSR hospital takes crowd control measures

JAMSHEDPUR: Only one attendant would be allowed to accompany a patient in the emergency department of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH).
This was decided during a meeting held by the newly appointed principal of the MGMMCH, Dr Diwakar Hansda, with the heads of departments on Saturday.


Dr Hansda said, “Crowd control inside the hospital is a pre-requisite for proper treatment of patients.Often a dozen attendants hover around a patient at the emergency and other wards, posing problems for doctors and other health staff to discharge their duties efficiently.”
“Three home guard jawans have been deputed at the gate of the emergency department for crowd management. Besides, the system of issuing entry passes to the attendants and the vistors of the admitted patients would be revived soon,” he added.
Applauding the step, the president of the Jamshedpur Doctors’ Association, Dr Ganesh Srivastava, said, “We had demanded for a safe and conducive work environment during the strike called by junior doctors after the RG Kar incident. However, the list of demands are yet to be fulfilled. Permanent police outposts need to be set up on the premises. Armed security guards should be deployed at the entrances. All the sites on the hospital premises, which are not under CCTV camera surveillance, need to be covered at the earliest as it concerns the safety of women staff members. CCTV camera footage needs to be monitored round-the-clock by security guards.”
Meanwhile, Dr Hansda said, “All MBBS examinations would be videographed in accordance with the directives of National Medical Council (NMC). The professors and the assistant professors must wear white aprons on the premises.”
“Also, the academic session of MBBS which was running six months behind schedule, needs to be regularised. Officials must regularly coordinate with the Kolhan University,” he added.