Tanda hospital to be teli-linked

KANGRA: Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College DRPGMC Tanda has been selected to be one of the first 35 medical colleges and the first in the state to be connected with the Government of India project National Medical College Network NMCN

Updated At : 05:49 AM Apr 03, 2015 IST

<p>The DRPGMC, Tanda, which has been selected for the National Medical College Network programme. Photo by writer</p>

Ashok Raina

KANGRA, April 2

Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (DRPGMC), Tanda, has been selected to be one of the first 35 medical colleges and the first in the state to be connected with the Government of India project National Medical College Network (NMCN). It will have tele-medical education facilities.

Vineet Choudhary, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, today said the state government had signed an MoU with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in this regard.

He said DRPGMC, Tanda, would be the first medical college in the state to be connected to the network through PGIMER, Chandigarh.

The objectives of the NMCN were to develop medical education. Also, lecture theatres in the college will be made digital, he stated.

Choudhary said as a result, the Tanda Medical College would have a privilege in tele-consultation, tele-follow up, tele-medical health and remote monitoring.

Through this programme, the college will have facilities of tele-pathology, tele-cardiology, tele-radiology, tele-dermatology, tele-ophthalmology and tele-oncology. Under this programme, e-learning and digital library would be developed in the days to come, he claimed.

Chaudhary said the IT team of doctors at the DRPGMC was already running the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-sponsored tele-medicine projects in Kangra and Keylong. The tele-ECG project was operational in the whole Kangra district, providing 24-hour tele-ECG support to patients. Another project, approved by the ICMR involving tele-ophthalmology, was scheduled for start in the tribal area headquarters Keylong in the coming months, he claimed.

The Tanda Medical College was regularly transmitting the Continuing Medical Education conducted at PGIMER, Chandigarh, using the 1 GB National Knowledge Network Lease Line, he added.

Dr Anil Chauhan, principal, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, expressed gratitude to the state government for swift action in the matter. He said inclusion of Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, in the NMCN will tremendously enhance the IT services being offered to the public, students, and doctors and will prove to be a milestone in e-health infrastructure of the state.