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The state of medical institutions
In all, 12 medical institutions in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have been covered. After monitoring the working of these institutions for some months, The Tribune staffers will again visit them to find out whether something has been done to improve their functioning.
— Editor-in-Chief
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Post-Graduate
Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
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Saturday,
October 11, 2003
A
badly bruised PGI needs a healing touch
Shortage of doctors, nurses adds to patients’
troubles; no cure in sight
by Nirmal Sandhu
UNSAVOURY
developments in the recent past have dented the image of the PGI,
Chandigarh. For the first time in its history, the Director has
been told to proceed on leave. For the first time again, an OSD of
the Health Ministry has been deputed at the PGI to monitor its
functioning. The PGI is certainly not what it used to be.
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Indira
Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
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Tuesday,
October 14, 2003
IGMC
fails to meet required standards & expectations
Patient care at Snowdon
suffers due to frequent shifting of faculty
by Pratibha Chauhan
HEAVY inbreeding,
shortage of faculty and ill-equipped departments have become the
bane of the Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, the first
medical college of the state. The IGMC has failed to give a lead
in quality health services in the hill state where the private
sector is still dormant.
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Christian
Medical College and
Hospital,
Ludhiana
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Thursday,
October 16, 2003
Ludhiana CMC goal — is it charity or commerce?
Plans to set up Medicity
and offer medical services on telephone
by P.P.S. Gill
CHRISTIAN
Medical College (CMC) and Hospital and Dayanand Medical College (DMC)
and Hospital are situated at the opposite ends in Ludhiana, which
has two other hospitals and about 100 major private clinics as
well.
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Dayanand
Medical College and
Hospital,
Ludhiana
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Saturday,
October 18, 2003
DMC:
where good medicare comes at a price
Doctors allowed private
practice; patients don’t like too many tests
by P.P.S. Gill
DAYANAND
Medical College and Hospital (DMC) is a “home-grown”
institution of Ludhiana set up by the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, which
today has a token representation on the managing body.
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Maharaja
Agrasen Medical College, Agroha
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Tuesday, October
21, 2003
Agrasen institute struggles for survival
Protracted birth pangs,
politics and lack of vision affect the future of students
by Pratibha Chauhan
BUT
for the archaeologists and as the nerve centre of the Aggarwal
community, the ancient township of Agroha near Hisar, once ruled
by Maharaja Agrasen of the Mahabharata era some 5,000 years ago,
would inspire little interest for a visitor.
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National
Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali
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Friday, October
24, 2003
Nurturing young talent to serve pharma industry
Filling the big gap of
trained professionals is a challenge for NIPER
by Pratibha Chauhan
TUCKED
away from public glare on a vast expanse of SAS Nagar (Mohali),
the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,
is quietly engrossed in devising new panacea for various diseases
afflicting human beings.
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Government
Medical
College, Amritsar
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Tuesday, October
28, 2003
Staff, fund shortage cripple Amritsar Medical College
Patient turnout
declining, hits training of doctors
by Nirmal Sandhu
SCANDALOUS
as it may appear, but that is how it is. To avoid derecognition by
the Medical Council of India, Amritsar’s Government Medical
College covers up its staff shortage by deploying doctors from
elsewhere. It is short of as many as 62 teachers. During MCI
inspections, new name plates are hung up outside rooms to make
good the inadequacies in infrastructure.
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Government
Dental College, Amritsar
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Thursday, October
30, 2003
Amritsar Govt Dental College lacks teeth
Need to decentralise
power to avoid delays
by Nirmal Sandhu
IT
was a pleasant surprise to find a government dental college neat
and clean, reasonably well maintained and managed in sharp
contrast to other crisis-ridden medical institutions in Amritsar.
Free from controversies and allegations of corruption, Punjab
Government Dental College and Hospital maintains a low profile and
a positive image.
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Post-Graduate
Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
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Saturday, November
1, 2003
Political interference hampers growth of Rohtak’s PGI
Top posts filled
on caste considerations; merit is ignored
by Pratibha Chauhan
LOCATED
in the heart of Haryana’s Jatland and the state’s first
medical college, the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences,
Rohtak, has become a hot-bed of caste politics and dubious
manoeuvring.
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Government
Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh
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Saturday, November
8, 2003
Chandigarh
medical college ails from ad-hocism
Good infrastructure, but
no uniform recruitment policy
by Roopinder Singh
WITH
a building and general infrastructure that is the envy of many a
medical college in the region, a relatively new campus and a
student strength of 50 per class, Government Medical College and
Hospital in Sector 32, Chandigarh, has a lot going for it, if only
it were not for the problems it has been facing with members of
the faculty, some of whom are unhappy with the recruitment and
promotion rules.
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Baba
Farid University of Medical Sciences, Faridkot
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Tuesday, November
11, 2003
Faridkot medical college still housed in godowns
Baba Farid medical
university operates from a guest house
by Nirmal Sandhu
HERE
is a medical university, named after Sufi poet Baba Farid,
operating from a guest house even five years after it was set up.
It was a political decision to locate Baba Farid University of
Medical Sciences at Faridkot. To bolster the vote-bank of his son,
Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, the then Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, gifted his son’s constituency a medical university, but
forgot to earmark funds for its development.
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Government
Medical College, Patiala
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Tuesday, December
2, 2003
IN FOCUS
Born
with a silver spoon, now looking for one
Patiala college lacks
funds and teachers
by Roopinder Singh
IT
came up in a flash and produced generations of doctors; it is now
dragging along and is no longer inspirational. Government Medical
College, Patiala, has been a premier medical institution for a
long time, but it now shows symptoms that are alarmingly similar
to those shown by its sister institutions in the state.
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