RIPS

Centre approves RIPS for GMCH Tribune News Service Chandigarh, November 24 Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved to establish the Regional Institute of Paramedical Sciences (RIPS) on the premises of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. The institute will cater to Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh. This was revealed at a meeting conducted by the ministry at New Delhi today. Professor Raj Bahadur, Director-Principal, GMCH, was representing the Chandigarh administration. The ministry has also proposed to have a matching number of paramedics as desired in reference to the population in these states. The Centre will bear 85 per cent of the cost (Rs 80 crore) for the institute. Earlier, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had proposed to establish the National Institute of Paramedical Sciences (NIPS) and Regional Institute of Paramedical Sciences (RIPS) and supporting state medical colleges for conducting paramedical courses. While NIPS is being set up at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, RIPS has also bagged by the medical institute of city beautiful. The fast pace of development of medical sciences is throwing up newer technology in the field of diagnosis and treatment, increasing dependence on technology and raising over all demand of well qualified and trained professionals, said Dr Raj Bahadur. Paramedic is a person who is trained to give medical emergency treatment or to assist the physician in providing medical care. Paramedical education and training has not kept pace with the specialisation and super-specialisation in medical sciences under different schemes. Some prominent paramedical streams include medical laboratory technology, blood bank technology, radiography technology, radiotherapy technology, fusion technology, EEG, EMG, ECG technology, cardiac care technology, physio occupational therapy, audio speech therapy, prosthesistry, ear moulder, rehabilitation therapy, optometry, clinical psychology, pre-hospital trauma, dialysis technology, dental hygiene, dental mechanic, medical records, and operation theatre. Paramedical education system in the country is neither organised nor standardised. There is no standard criterion or uniformity in the admission, curriculum, duration of course and qualification granted and accreditation. Most of the paramedics’ courses are recognised by respective professional associations and not by any council or regulatory authority, said Dr Raj Bahadur.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT
(COLLEGE & HOSPITAL)

In view of the ever increasing population of the city of Chandigarh, a second 500-bedded General Hospital had become a necessity not only for catering to the needs of patients in the southern sectors of the city but also to cater for patients from the satellite townships of Panchkula and SAS Nagar. The first 500-bedded General Hospital in sector 16 remains choked with the flow of patients from the first phase sectors of the city and the surrounding states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and western parts of Uttar Pradesh. The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, located in sector 12, Chandigarh was conceived as a premier referral centre for the northern states of India.

The second General Hospital in Sector 32 had been planned to serve the second phase sectors, thereby relieving pressure on General Hospital, Sector 16 and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), so that the latter could serve as a first rate referral hospital.

Chandigarh, best educational facilities in the country. Besides the Panjab University and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, it has an Engineering College, College of Arts, College of Architecture, a number of Government and Private Degree Colleges and other prestigious and important research institutions. Somehow, the city had lacked a Medical College for graduate studies, i.e. MBBS. The deficiency was most glaring. GMC provides opportunity of a career in medicine to many promising students who were denied of this opportunity because of ‘domicile’ restrictions imposed by the states in which these colleges are located.

Paramedical Technology Course in India

(COLLEGE & HOSPITAL)

In view of the ever increasing population of the city of Chandigarh, a second 500-bedded General Hospital had become a necessity not only for catering to the needs of patients in the southern sectors of the city but also to cater for patients from the satellite townships of Panchkula and SAS Nagar. The first 500-bedded General Hospital in sector 16 remains choked with the flow of patients from the first phase sectors of the city and the surrounding states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and western parts of Uttar Pradesh. The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, located in sector 12, Chandigarh was conceived as a premier referral centre for the northern states of India.

The second General Hospital in Sector 32 had been planned to serve the second phase sectors, thereby relieving pressure on General Hospital, Sector 16 and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), so that the latter could serve as a first rate referral hospital.

Chandigarh, best educational facilities in the country. Besides the Panjab University and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, it has an Engineering College, College of Arts, College of Architecture, a number of Government and Private Degree Colleges and other prestigious and important research institutions. Somehow, the city had lacked a Medical College for graduate studies, i.e. MBBS. The deficiency was most glaring. GMC provides opportunity of a career in medicine to many promising students who were denied of this opportunity because of ‘domicile’ restrictions imposed by the states in which these colleges are located.