Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, April 29: With frequent technical problems in the diagnostic and life supporting equipments and their repair becoming a major problem for the authorities, the state government is contemplating to set up separate bio-medical engineering departments for overcoming this problem.
According to the reports, out of 101 major equipments installed in different departments of Medical College, Jammu in which 95 are functional. It is pertinent to mention here that Department of IT, Government of India has already opened two branches of DOACC in the State, one each in Jammu and Srinagar which is the only existing repair centers for such equipments.
Officials said that in recent years, state has purchased a large number of sophisticated medical equipment, particularly diagnostic machines, but in absence of required maintenance, many of them are gathering dust.
The problem is more acute in health centres at district level, which had to face a major problem in case of any fault. “At times the machines remain out of order for days and weeks together as there is no engineering staff to take care of these.
Either these are to be send outside the state, or engineers had to be brought from
private manufactures which is very cumbersome process”, complaints an official.
When contacted, Minister for Medical Education, R. S Chib said “We intend to open bio- medical engineering department in these institutions for updating the latest diagnostic equipments on daily basis.
Proposal has been sent to the centre. It has become necessary as new big hospitals are coming up in the state which means added responsibility”.
He said that to upgrade the patient care facilities in the State, it is necessary to open a separate wing in these institutions to ensure the maintenance of equipments purchased since past few years and new ones to be brought in future.
Officials said that out of 101 major equipments installed in different departments of Medical College, Jammu nearly 95 are functional, while remaining need minor or major repair. “This is a major headache as when any equipment develops some snag, we have to wait for the repair work for days together as we don’t have much trained staff. At times just a minor fault puts the machine out of order for days”, said the insiders.
The proposed super specialty hospitals which is expected to be thrown open in June this year will have six super specialties, including Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Neuro Surgery and Nephrology. “For these a number of imported equipments are needed and to keep them functional requires a well trained engineering team”, official said.
Nearly 120 crore have been invested on these hospitals so far in Jammu and Kashmir.
JAMMU, April 29: With frequent technical problems in the diagnostic and life supporting equipments and their repair becoming a major problem for the authorities, the state government is contemplating to set up separate bio-medical engineering departments for overcoming this problem.
According to the reports, out of 101 major equipments installed in different departments of Medical College, Jammu in which 95 are functional. It is pertinent to mention here that Department of IT, Government of India has already opened two branches of DOACC in the State, one each in Jammu and Srinagar which is the only existing repair centers for such equipments.
Officials said that in recent years, state has purchased a large number of sophisticated medical equipment, particularly diagnostic machines, but in absence of required maintenance, many of them are gathering dust.
The problem is more acute in health centres at district level, which had to face a major problem in case of any fault. “At times the machines remain out of order for days and weeks together as there is no engineering staff to take care of these.
Either these are to be send outside the state, or engineers had to be brought from
private manufactures which is very cumbersome process”, complaints an official.
When contacted, Minister for Medical Education, R. S Chib said “We intend to open bio- medical engineering department in these institutions for updating the latest diagnostic equipments on daily basis.
Proposal has been sent to the centre. It has become necessary as new big hospitals are coming up in the state which means added responsibility”.
He said that to upgrade the patient care facilities in the State, it is necessary to open a separate wing in these institutions to ensure the maintenance of equipments purchased since past few years and new ones to be brought in future.
Officials said that out of 101 major equipments installed in different departments of Medical College, Jammu nearly 95 are functional, while remaining need minor or major repair. “This is a major headache as when any equipment develops some snag, we have to wait for the repair work for days together as we don’t have much trained staff. At times just a minor fault puts the machine out of order for days”, said the insiders.
The proposed super specialty hospitals which is expected to be thrown open in June this year will have six super specialties, including Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Neuro Surgery and Nephrology. “For these a number of imported equipments are needed and to keep them functional requires a well trained engineering team”, official said.
Nearly 120 crore have been invested on these hospitals so far in Jammu and Kashmir.
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