RIMS alumni association's meet - Punarmilan 2009

RANCHI:6 December 2009: The alumni of Ranchi Medical College Hospital/Rajendra Institute of Medical Science had a gala time during the alumni association's meet Punarmilan 2009' held on the campus here on Saturday.

About 400 former students and their families from different parts of India participated in the event and shared nostalgic moments. The doctors organized fun fare for everybody as others reminisced their youthful days spent here. Thirkan' a musical extravaganza in the evening helped others reunite at the Gymkhana Club.

The alumni meet started with introduction of the first (1960) batch to last year's passouts. One by one each former batch came up to the stage and introduced themselves. Comments and compliments were part of the game where everyone made fun of each other and made the audience laugh.

"The 1968 batch used to be known as Super-75. You know why? Most of them had taken the final examinations from jail after participating in the JayPrakash agitation," said Ajay Kumar Singh.

Nicknames such as frooti, Loha Singh and others almost caught most people off-guard in the presence of their children and spouses. Everybody was in a mood to celebrate and a lot of catching-up went on as the evening progressed.

Over a dozen former students from the 1972 batch walked up to the stage and introduced themselves as Genius Batch'. "People call our batch a genius because we passed out in seven years instead of the four years medical course. Reason the first year examination had been postponed nine times," said Tulsi Mahto laughing with his other batch mates.

Among them there were many prominent surgeons, from Delhi, Mumbai and other metros. Few of the alumni are now RIMS faculty.

"Punarmilan is a great platform to acknowledge contributions and achievements of all present and former students," said Sushil Kumar. Another, alumni of 1964 batch M Prasad said, "The event provides an opportunity for us to rekindle relationships, engage with current academic batch, meet the faculty and also meet their friends. It was memorable for us all." Source

तेज बुखार के मरीजों से पटा रिम्स का औषधि तल्ला

तेज बुखार के मरीजों से पटा रिम्स का औषधि तल्ला

Dec 05, 01:35 am

 

रांची। मलेरिया व वायरल फीवर के मरीजों से रिम्स का औषधि तल्ला पटा हुआ है। चार दिनों के भीतर वायरल फीवर के 20 नए मरीज रिम्स में भर्ती हुए हैं। औषधि तल्ले के लगभग सभी वार्ड मरीजों से भरे पड़े हैं। इसमें फीवर के पुराने मरीज भी हैं, जिनका इलाज चल रहा है।

वहीं, दूसरी तरफ देखा जाए तो नगा आ‌र्म्ड पुलिस के वन आर बटालियन के जवानों से रिम्स का डेंगू वार्ड पूरी तरह पट चुका है। जवानों की संख्या जब अधिक हो गई तो कई जवानों को औषधि तल्ले में भर्ती कराया गया, जहां उनका इलाज चल रहा है।

चिकित्सकों को कहना है कि तापमान में उतार-चढ़ाव से यह परेशानी उत्पन्न हुई है। यही कारण है कि वायरल फीवर तेजी से फैल रहा है। ठंड-गर्म के इस मिले-जुले मौसम में वायरल फीवर के मरीजों की संख्या भी बहुत होती है। मेडिसिन ओपीडी में भी वायरल फीवर के मरीजों की अधिक तादाद अधिक पहुंच रही है। इन मरीजों कों आवश्यक जांच और कुछ दवाइयां लेने की सलाह दी गई है। Source:dainik jagran

ragging in Coimbatore Medical College - Four students held

25 October 2009:COIMBATORE: Despite SC bans and pleas, ragging refuses to die out.

In the latest horror, four students of the government-run Coimbatore Medical College Hospital were arrested and suspended from the college for allegedly assaulting juniors. According to police, the four seniors allegedly took 11 second-year students to the terrace of the hostel and asked them to 'swim' on the floor on the night of October 21.

When they hesitated and resisted, they were assaulted, the police said. Two days earlier, three other boys were also allegedly ragged and beaten up by the same group.

''As ragging of freshers would have come to our notice immediately, these seniors appear to have targeted second-year students,'' medical college dean Dr V Kumaran said. Source

Squad set up to check ragging at RIMS

Ranchi, Oct. 20: An anti-ragging squad has been constituted at the premier Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) to curb incidents of ragging amid unconfirmed reports of mental and physical torture. RIMS acting director A.K. Mahto said that the squad comprised three teachers each of clinical and non-clinical departments, besides representatives of the Junior Doctors' Association. "Though we have not received any complaint of ragging, we have set up an anti-ragging squad. Its members will sit together on October 29 to chalk out a strategy to put a complete halt on ragging, if any, on the campus," Mahto said. Vijay Pratap Singh Tomar, the association's secretary and also a member of the squad, supported Mahto, saying there was no question of ragging as students were aware of its consequences. "Everyone knows that s/he will have to lose at least one semester if found ragging a fresher. No one enjoys harassing juniors at the cost of his or her career," he said. Tomar, however, did not deny the practise of freshers introducing themselves on the campus. "Sometimes, freshers are asked to introduce themselves to seniors. This practice is sometime seen as ragging and spoken about in an exaggerated way outside the campus by some freshers," he said. Sources, however, said the squad was constituted after cases of harassment of newcomers were reported from the campus. "It was reported that new girls were being asked by seniors to wash their dirty laundry at odd hours while boys were being asked to impersonate birds. Apart from this, some seniors asked freshers to bend at 90 degrees when in front of them," a RIMS employee alleged on condition of anonymity. No fresher was available for comment as the Puja vacations are on. But sources close to them supported the claims of the RIMS employee. "There is an old tradition of ragging on the campus. It is difficult to find out about every case as freshers prefer to remain tight-lipped as they fear trouble in the hostel otherwise. Only extreme cases of ragging come out or only those students open their mouths whose parents are influential," said a friend of a fresher.Source   Comments By Ragging India;   It is a good step but the management should know that  No complain does not meen that ragging is not taking place. Very serious ragging takes place in RIMS.  SC/ST students freshers is brutely ragged by their SC/ST seniors continuously for three to four months. General and OBC category students are being ragged by their counterparts similarly for three to four months. In this country we just make a commitee and sleep. Neither the committe do anything neither the Management/Government. Committee is made just to hide the truth and for not taking any action.

IMA safety net for doctors

Dhanbad, Oct. 8: Increasing number of criminal cases against doctors in the district has prompted the local unit of Indian Medical Association to seek judicial intervention.

This apart, the association will also seek support for implementation of a law that will ban lodging of criminal case against doctors without prior approval of a specialised committee. Seven states, including Bengal, have already implemented the law. Andhra Pradesh was the first to implement the law.

President of Dhanbad chapter of IMA A.K. Singh said that a delegation comprising senior office-bearers of the association would soon meet the district judge demanding constitution of the specialised doctors' committee in the light of Supreme Court ruling.

"The ruling clearly prohibits lodging of a criminal case against doctors without the prior approval of the specialised doctors' committee. They can only be booked under the Consumer Protection Act," said Singh. He added that the administration must initiate steps to prevent these.

Speaking about the association's action plan, IMA secretary Sunil Kumar Sinha said that a delegation would also meet Governor K. Sankaranarayanan and demand implementation of the law.

He said that in many cases the family members of the patients resort to violence alleging negligence against the doctors only to avoid paying the bill of the nursing home.Source:The Telegraph India

IMA seeks ban on quacks

The IMA meeting at Dhanbad on Tuesday. (Gautam Dey) Dhanbad, Oct. 6: The Dhanbad chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) today presented a petition before the deputy commissioner demanding a ban on unregistered medical practitioners. The move was a part of the nationwide anti-quack week, which would include an awareness drive on dangers of availing services of quacks and unqualified doctors. The IMA's week-long programme began from October 2 and would continue till October 10. The Dhanbad chapter of the association also held an executive committee meeting at IMA hall at Luby Cicular Road, said the president of the Dhanbad chapter, A.K. Singh. Besides the DC, members also spoke to the drug controller and will approach the district civil surgeon in this regard. Comparing Jharkhand with Gujarat, which has laws banning quacks, the president rued the lack of such laws here. He added that the state should take a cue from states that provide incentives to doctors who accept posts in rural, remote areas, which would also put an end to quacks' practise. Singh also demanded a strict crackdown on drug-sellers providing medicines without prescriptions. He added that the state government should look into the practice of allopathic medicines by doctors who have homeopathic and alternative medicine degrees. Dhanbad chapter's vice-president Leena Singh, secretary Sunil Kumar Sinha and vice-president of the district unit S. Kumar were also present in the meeting.Source:The Telegraph India

Surprise Visit of Governor at RIMS

Ranchi, Sept. 14: The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in the state capital today failed to pass the governor's surprise visit test.

K. Sankaranarayanan, who dropped into the hospital unannounced at 9.30am, was shocked by the dirt and squalor around him. Advisers G. Krishnan and Wilfred Lakra, principal secretary Suhdir Tripathi and health secretary Sukhdev Singh accompanied him. RIMS director N.N. Aggarwal was also present during the inspection.

Upset with the stinking emergency ward, Sankaranarayanan asked the RIMS management to construct night shelters for the relatives of patients. He was also appalled to see the dirty space on the ground floor of the institute that is provided to the patients' attendants to cook food.

The governor also directed the authorities to start its cardiac unit immediately to provide benefit of cath lab to poor and helpless patients, who flock into the hospital from all corners of the state.

Sankaranarayanan stayed in the hospital for about 40 minutes, during which he visited central emergency, outdoor unit, trauma centre and blood banks. He met hyena bite victims in the isolation ward of the institute and enquired about the facilities being provided to the patients.

He took the opportunity to stress on the importance of punctuality, urging the doctors to be present on time and called for further improvement of the services being provided by the hospital.

Meanwhile, a resident of Giridih, Birendra Kumar Gupta, submitted a written complaint to the governor, accusing RIMS doctors of not providing proper care to his pregnant sister-in-law.

Meanwhile, Sankaranarayanan met a delegation of Junior Doctors' Association of MGM Medical College and Hospital, Jamshedpur, at Project Bhavan secretariat. The delegation complained about lack of teachers and basic infrastructure in the institute.

He took serious note of the fact that there are only eight professors, 30 assistant professor, 47 tutors and 43 residents in the institute against the sanctioned strength of 117, 154, 50 and 97, respectively.

After lending a patient ear to their problems, the governor assured the doctors that necessary action would be taken soon. Source:The Telegraph India