Massive resentment: GMC Rajouri administration modify order of shifting labs to new complex.

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, MAY 24:–Following mounting pressure from the general public, political parties, social organisations, Bar Association etc, Medical Superintendent (MS) of Government Medical College & Associated Hospital (GMC&AH) has modified his May 12 order to shift the hospital laboratories to the new campus of GMC Rajouri at Mehra.
It is pertinent to mention here that Mehra village is more than 6 km from GMC&AH situated in Rajouri city (Kheora) and the new GMC building (campus) is yet to be made fully operational.

In the interest of the administration, smooth functioning of the hospital, and better patient care in this regard keeping in view the under process of shifting the hospital laboratories viz pathology, biochemistry, & microbiology from GMC hospital Kheora to the new campus of GMC Mehra,” read MS, GMC & AH order No.MS/AH&GMC/2023-24/460-65 dt 19/5/2023.Order further read: “Hill Maxx Diagnostic Center Rajouri will conduct all routine lab tests on approved hospital rates/GR rates till the process of shifting & installation of lab equipments in hospital labs at the new campus is fully functional.

After MS GMC&AH order, patients, attendants , the general public, Bar Association, & political parties come to the roads to lodge their protest against the shifting of laboratories to new campus, which, according to them is far away from GMC&AH at Kheora (district hospital) and would badly affect routine tests for the patients.

Members of Bar Association Rajouri on Monday held a protest and warned to go on indefinite strike if the GMC Administration failed to shift the lab back from Mehra to Kheora.

On Wednesday evening senior functionaries of the district unit of BJP, including hundreds of activists, lead by President Dinesh Sharma lodged a strong protest at GMC&AH Kheora and forced the GMC Administration to roll back its decision to shift the laboratories to new campus at Mehra terming it sheer injustice with the patients.

BJP leaders also expressed their concern over authorising the Hill Maxx Diagnostic Center to conduct routine lab tests & also demand to restrict the faculty / consultants /doctors not to write or prescribe medicines that are not available at Jan Aushadhi Kendra.

Following large-scale resentment from different sections of society and protest lodged by the BJP district unit at GMC&AH Kheora, Medical Superintendent modified his earlier order of shifting of pathology, microbiology, and biochemistry laboratories & clarified: “All the lab tests of different departments viz pathology, microbiology, & biochemistry will continue to be conducted as usual from GMC& AH, Kheora (order No. MS/GMC &AH/R/2023-24/512-13 dt 24/5/2023)”.

Another order (No.MS/GMC&AH/R/2023-24/514-15) of MS, GMC &AH issued on Wednesday read: “ In the interest of patient care, it is impressed upon the faculty, consultants, and doctors to strictly write & prescribe the generic medicines which are available from Jan Aushadhi Kendra of the hospital”.

“The decision of shifting laboratories from Associated GMC Hospital to Mehra is a sheer injustice to those who are directly dependent on this GMC. BJP won’t tolerate such an anti-people approach of administration. Today we gheraoed GMC administration in the interest of common masses and poor patients, & forced the hospital administration to roll back its earlier order,” said Dinesh Sharma