Ranchi: The management at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) has decided to recruit male nurses in the coming months. The decision was taken at a meeting on Thursday convened by the hospital’s governing body where it approved the reservation of 20% of its overall vacancies for male nurses. The governing body also approved four other proposals related to infrastructural development and strengthening of services at the state-run hospital.
Talking to TOI, state health minister Banna Gupta said, “Rims had put out an advertisement for recruitment of 370 nursing staff, of which 20% will be male nurses. The decision to reserve seats follows a similar one being followed in AIIMS, New Delhi.”
The governing body has also decided to equip the dental institute at Rims with all the necessary equipment and fill up the vacant faculty at the earliest. This comes after the Dental Council of India refused to give its approval for the final year course of the first batch of 50 students, citing absence of required faculty and equipment.
“We have decided to fill up all the vacant faculty positions and purchase necessary equipment at the earliest so that the students do not face any problems. The hospital’s director has been directed to expedite the process and it will be completed before the next inspection by DCI,” Gupta said.
The decision to digitise all departments by installing computers for patient care records was also taken in the meeting. The hospital also approved proposals submitted by the finance and accounts committee.
Rims also approved the strengthening of on-campus infrastructural facilities as per the new National Medical Commission (NMC) regulations issued in October last year. According to the new regulations, every medical institute should have a skills laboratory where students can practise and improve skills specified in their curriculum.
As per the decision taken by Rims, the skills laboratory will have a total area of at least 600sq metres for intake of 150 MBBS students. “The purpose of a skills laboratory is to provide a safe and non-threatening environment for students to learn, practise and honing their skills in a simulated environment, thereby mitigating the risks involved in direct patient exposure without adequate preparation and supervision,” a senior doctor at Rims said.
The new regulations also state that the libraries should have trainers required for inculcating skills outlined in the competency-based undergraduate curriculum document.
Banna also directed the hospital director to ensure that all the required medical equipment for cardiac diagnosis are in place. He has also asked him to make sure there is proper arrangement for dialysis of kidney patients and asked him to purchase radiological equipment, which has been lingering for more than a year, soon.