MUHS breather for OTPT, nursing courses
: Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has set a deadline of September 15 for the correcting the staff and infrastructural deficiencies of the BSc nursing and the physiotherapy courses at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and at other medical colleges. Failing to meet the norms by this deadline would result in these courses being permanently disaffiliated.
The strict stance of MUHS has finally stirred the directorate of medical education and research (DMER) into action. It has promised to fill up the vacant posts before the deadline. Dr Pravin Shingare, acting DMER, held meetings of deans and heads of the courses on Wednesday and Thursday and decided to fill up at least 80% posts at the earliest by redesignating them. "We will fill 80% posts within 15 days and admission process will begin immediately. Provision for infrastructure and equipment will also be made. We will not allow any harm to students," he said.
MUHS vice-chancellor Arun Jamkar told TOI that the colleges had been given enough warning and time to correct the deficiencies. "It is high time they took action. I can't have different rules for private and government colleges. When private colleges can get staff why can't government institutions," he asked. The VC said that on his part he had declared the results of the MSc nursing course in advance this year to help colleges pick up staff from the 150 fresh candidates who passed this year. Some 30% of the colleges do not have about 20% staff.
Strangely enough, the nine posts in nursing college at GMCH (one principal cum professor, one vice-principal, two associate professors and five lecturers) have been sanctioned since November 2005. Sill, in all these years despite yearly inspections by MUHS, Maharashtra Nursing Council (MNC) and the Indian Nursing Council (INC), the state government has not filled them up. The BSc nursing course is being run with 14 clinical instructors and some tutors. This is despite many of these being experienced and qualified with post-graduate degrees.
The INC visited college on May 18-19 followed by a MUHS team visit last week. Both once again pointed the deficiencies. "But nursing is not a priority for government," said a senior nurse who has been seeing the inspections for many years. The school of physiotherapy at GMCH too had been threatened with disaffiliation due to mainly staff deficiency. The course is being run with just three lecturers and a superintendent with deficiency of two professors and two associate professors.
Nursing troubles
* BSc nursing course started in November 2006
* 22 teaching posts sanctioned one year earlier
* Total 75 posts including non-teaching posts sanctioned in 2007
* INC, MNC and MUHS conducted inspections and gave conditional approval
* Two batches have already passed out
* But no separate budgetary provision for the course
* Salaries being paid from hospital nursing staff
* No vehicle for training nurses to other places for clinical experience
* No contingency funds
Physio woes
* School of Physiotherapy is one of the oldest and only such school in state in government sector
* Requires at least two professors, two associate professors
* It is being run with just three lecturers and one superintendent who have not been promoted
* Is being run in old building despite having a new separate building
: Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has set a deadline of September 15 for the correcting the staff and infrastructural deficiencies of the BSc nursing and the physiotherapy courses at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and at other medical colleges. Failing to meet the norms by this deadline would result in these courses being permanently disaffiliated.
The strict stance of MUHS has finally stirred the directorate of medical education and research (DMER) into action. It has promised to fill up the vacant posts before the deadline. Dr Pravin Shingare, acting DMER, held meetings of deans and heads of the courses on Wednesday and Thursday and decided to fill up at least 80% posts at the earliest by redesignating them. "We will fill 80% posts within 15 days and admission process will begin immediately. Provision for infrastructure and equipment will also be made. We will not allow any harm to students," he said.
MUHS vice-chancellor Arun Jamkar told TOI that the colleges had been given enough warning and time to correct the deficiencies. "It is high time they took action. I can't have different rules for private and government colleges. When private colleges can get staff why can't government institutions," he asked. The VC said that on his part he had declared the results of the MSc nursing course in advance this year to help colleges pick up staff from the 150 fresh candidates who passed this year. Some 30% of the colleges do not have about 20% staff.
Strangely enough, the nine posts in nursing college at GMCH (one principal cum professor, one vice-principal, two associate professors and five lecturers) have been sanctioned since November 2005. Sill, in all these years despite yearly inspections by MUHS, Maharashtra Nursing Council (MNC) and the Indian Nursing Council (INC), the state government has not filled them up. The BSc nursing course is being run with 14 clinical instructors and some tutors. This is despite many of these being experienced and qualified with post-graduate degrees.
The INC visited college on May 18-19 followed by a MUHS team visit last week. Both once again pointed the deficiencies. "But nursing is not a priority for government," said a senior nurse who has been seeing the inspections for many years. The school of physiotherapy at GMCH too had been threatened with disaffiliation due to mainly staff deficiency. The course is being run with just three lecturers and a superintendent with deficiency of two professors and two associate professors.
Nursing troubles
* BSc nursing course started in November 2006
* 22 teaching posts sanctioned one year earlier
* Total 75 posts including non-teaching posts sanctioned in 2007
* INC, MNC and MUHS conducted inspections and gave conditional approval
* Two batches have already passed out
* But no separate budgetary provision for the course
* Salaries being paid from hospital nursing staff
* No vehicle for training nurses to other places for clinical experience
* No contingency funds
Physio woes
* School of Physiotherapy is one of the oldest and only such school in state in government sector
* Requires at least two professors, two associate professors
* It is being run with just three lecturers and one superintendent who have not been promoted
* Is being run in old building despite having a new separate building
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