KOLKATA - Healthcare Guide...'Get well soon'

[debdutta95]

Chittaranjan hospital new ward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoRGFgOeeEg&feature=plcp

[anan355]

Originally Posted by debdutta95

Chittaranjan hospital new ward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoRGFgOeeEg&feature=plcp

A first glance at the video revealed that the hospital looks clean. Can anybody update whether the condition of the govt hospitals improved in last 18 months?

I had to visit a few govt hospitals 3-4 years back and all of them had huge number of cats and dogs roaming all around the wards.

Is the situation still the same?

[NiladriG]

http://www.telegraphindia.com/112112...p#.ULOlF4fBPoI

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 650 crore for a cancer hospital project in Calcutta that had been in limbo for 10 years because of lack of funds. The resuscitation has happened within weeks of a Congress minister replacing a Trinamul man in Delhi.

Junior Union health minister Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury — Sudip Bandopadhyay’s successor — announced in Malda on Sunday that the Centre had sanctioned the entire cost of Rs 650 crore for the 500-bed second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in New Town.

He said the ministry was trying to get the Prime Minister to lay the foundation stone for the hospital in January. “The land for the cancer hospital is already available. The Centre has sanctioned a sum of Rs 650 crore for the project. If everything goes according to plan, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone in January,” Khan Chowdhury, the Congress MP from South Malda, said at his Kotwali home.

Metro had written earlier this month that the Centre had disbursed the first installment of Rs 25 lakh for the second campus, to be spread across 10 acres in Action Area I, just after Khan Chowdhury had been sworn in as junior Union health minister on October 28.

“The minister will soon hold a meeting with me regarding the disbursement of funds,” hospital director Joydip Biswas told Metro.

He said Rs 45 crore was to be allocated for the two-phased project in the current fiscal. “If the amount is disbursed, construction will start by March,” said Biswas.

According to the original plan, the state is to provide 10 per cent of the infrastructure capital and 20 per cent of the recurring and maintenance cost for the project. “If the state does not release funds, the health ministry will fully finance the project. The state will maintain the facility for which the Centre will provide a portion of the funds,” the minister said.

Khan Chowdhury said he had sought an appointment with chief minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss the problems plaguing health care in the state. “The Centre wants to plug the holes in the health care system in Bengal. There are many issues to be discussed, including the proposed AIIMS-like facility in Raiganj,” he said.

[Rajarshi77]

Great news. New Town will have now two cancer hospitals- one run by goverment and another by Tatas. Hopefully people from East India will no longer need to go to far away places for getting their near ones treated for cancer.

[AbhishekDatta]

More neo-natal care units to fight crib deaths
By Prithvijit Mitra, TNN | Nov 27, 2012, 06.22 AM IST

KOLKATA: Neo-natal care is set to take a leap ahead in the state with eight more sick newborn care units (SNCU) that will come up by the end of December. While this will take the number of SNCUs in the state to 34 from the existing 26, it is expected to help bring down the infant mortality rate from the present 31 which is considered steep. The number of SNCUs could go up to 40 by the end of March, according to the health department.
Recurring baby deaths have been a concern over the last few years, with BC Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata recording a series of crib deaths in 2010 and 2011. More than 35 babies died at the hospital - the state's only referral unit for children - in the space of two weeks in June and November, 2011. While the authorities claimed that the children had been brought in late and it wasn't possible to save them, the enormous pressure on the hospital was making it difficult for doctors, it was pointed out.
"We have been trying to take the pressure off just one hospital and have the best facilities at other government hospitals as well. Till a year-and-half back, there were just eight SNCUs in West Bengal. Now, there are 26 and it will go up to 34 by the end of this year. More SNCUs will help prevent crib deaths in future. In the long run, it will bring the infant mortality rate down as well," said Tridib Banerjee, chairman of the task force for infant mortality.
Apart from new units, existing ones are being expanded. This is being done by utilizing unused space at government hospitals and medical colleges. MR Bangur, which now has one of the most well-equipped SNCUs in the state, will have 60-70 beds by December. It now has 20. Calcutta Medical College and Hospital will have 120 neo-natal beds, taking its SNCU, neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) and other paediatric beds together. It now has just 20.
NRS Medical College and Hospital will have 60 neo-natal beds by the end of December. The hospital now has just 10. Each of the SNCUs being set up will be armed with the best facilities. "This includes radiant warmers, phototherapy units, infusion pumps, syringe pumps, multichannel monitors and pulse oxymeters. We shall have adequate number of doctors and nursing staff for each unit. While new appointments are being made, we shall have a better distribution of doctors across hospitals for the purpose," said Banerjee.
New SNCU and NICU have been planned at Abinash Datta Hospital. So far, it didn't have a paediatric unit. Burdwan Medical College, too, will have a 70-bed SNCU and NICU in place by December. Malda Medical College is set to have 80 beds. "Since we are following the Purulia model for paediatric care, it's in order that the district, too, has a well-equipped child hospital. The medical college there will be upgraded with the best neo-natal facilities and will have 64 beds. It now has just 12. It's has been
possible to have more beds at these hospitals through better utilization of space. We are looking for more unutilized or under-utilized space at hospitals to add more units," said Banerjee.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/17382227.cms

[anan355]

Source: Bartaman, Twenty Seventh November, 2012


Translation

No progress has happened on any one of the twenty seven super-speciality hospitals announced by the CM. CM expressed her displeasure to the health secretary. Files were lying idle in "Swastha Bhavan". CM was specially annoyed with the health secretary not doing enough home work on the status of the projects when both of them had a meeting.

Super-speciality Hospitals are supposed to be built in the district hospitals with the funds available from Backward Region Grant Fund ( BRGF) from Centre.

After CM's blast, files have started moving across the tables.

[anan355]

Imagine the amount of lethargy with which the administration works in Bengal. If the CM has to do the followup with the IAS officers on every project, what can we expect about the delivery of the projects ( forget the quality of the delivery) that have been announced till now?

[Suncity]

Even when she was rail minister she announced so many super speciality hospitals. I don't know even if one was built. Were the railway babus ignoring their minister's wishes?

Same scenario as CM. She probably announced whatever she wanted without any proper feasability study and funds planning.

Why not just build 2 super speciality hospitals in two backward districts in the first phase? People will be happy and shower blessings.

Also what happened to the initial drama of going on surprise visits to hospitals. I guess Didi finally realized drama alone cannot bring proper results. The system has been hosed by the Left Front by its union culture of "no work all pay" [basically 10% people work hard and remaining just laze around to various degrees]. That cannot be changed overnight by surprise visits.

The other issue is PPP model. Didi for quite some time thought that PPP is the solution to all her problems. The real world doesn't work that way. Private sector has to survive on profits. And if profits aren't ensured by the government then they will not come. And there is always the danger of being accused of corruption in PPP models. BTW how many PPP rail projects announced by Mamata have really materialized?

[samrat_m]

Originally Posted by Suncity

............BTW how many PPP rail projects announced by Mamata have really materialized?

Not a single one. And now another honcho from Bengal as Railway minister of state is busy playing his part in undoing MB's work (like naming of metro stations) and of course beginning to play his own game with Bengal.

[anan355]

Originally Posted by Suncity

Even when she was rail minister she announced so many super speciality hospitals. I don't know even if one was built. Were the railway babus ignoring their minister's wishes?

Same scenario as CM. She probably announced whatever she wanted without any proper feasability study and funds planning.

Why not just build 2 super speciality hospitals in two backward districts in the first phase? People will be happy and shower blessings.

Also what happened to the initial drama of going on surprise visits to hospitals. I guess Didi finally realized drama alone cannot bring proper results. The system has been hosed by the Left Front by its union culture of "no work all pay" [basically 10% people work hard and remaining just laze around to various degrees]. That cannot be changed overnight by surprise visits.

The other issue is PPP model. Didi for quite some time thought that PPP is the solution to all her problems. The real world doesn't work that way. Private sector has to survive on profits. And if profits aren't ensured by the government then they will not come. And there is always the danger of being accused of corruption in PPP models. BTW how many PPP rail projects announced by Mamata have really materialized?

100 % true. Fully agree dude.

Something flashed my mind suddenly:

2 projects are not at all being talked about by media nowadays... I dont know why
(a) A huge railway factory was supposed to come up in Kanchrapara
(b) What happened to the SINP Project? They required 100 acres of land....media shouted for 3-4 days....and then again nobody is talking nowadays....

[Sumanb]

Thankfully, govt has earmarked 100 acres of land at Kalyani for the SINP project.

There is no news on the rail factory .... also no news of participation from foreign players.

I feel so many rail component factories at different places (e.g. Dankuni, Purulia, Nandigram etc) are not economically feasible .... as the overheard will be high and coordination will be a nightmare. So, even if they are built they will be inherently non-competitive.

[samrat_m]

Originally Posted by Sumanb

Thankfully, govt has earmarked 100 acres of land at Kalyani for the SINP project.

Really. When did that happen??

[AbhishekDatta]

Originally Posted by samrat_m

Really. When did that happen??

See my post in Kolkata News thread...

[yatesalan]

Originally Posted by samrat_m

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Location - Gariahat Road South, Dhakuria
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AMRI Hospital, Dhakuria
Main Block I - 161 beds are available to expand the facility of heath care. Plastic Surgery, Nephrology, Critical Care, Gynaecology.

Annexe Block II - 191 beds are available to expand the facility of heath care. The facility is fully equipped to dispense services in Neurosciences, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Trauma care, Cardiology and Cardiac surgery.

Annexe Block III - Just launched. Neurosurgery, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Emergency Services.

websites:
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AMRI Main Block I

one of the gud hospital in kolkata

[NiladriG]

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-n...e-noc/1042947/

One year after the fire at AMRI Hospital, which left about 90 persons dead, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Javed Ahmed Khan said that about 90 per cent of the hospitals in Kolkata have been given no-objection certificates to operate.
“With a little guidance, assistance from our officers and coaxing the city hospitals are being streamlined into following the stipulated norms. Previously, most of the hospitals didn’t have the fire-fighting equipment in order and those which had were mostly defunct. Now about 90 per cent of them have got an NOC by the fire advisory committee,” Khan said.

The smaller establishments, however, he said, didn’t need to make that much changes but they had their own constraints. “There is mostly space constraint. In case of 20-30 bed hospitals, a clear escape route is necessary along with smoke detectors and water hose pipes,” Khan said and added a stern reminder for the errant establishments. “We can extend the time limit to a certain extent because we do not want to forcibly close them down but if anyone thinks he can fiddle with the rule, he is wrong. If after the stipulated time and extension they fail to comply with the rule, they might be closed down,” he said.

[Suncity]

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Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Centre, Kolkata by seaview99, on Flickr

[studdmanster]

seems like Susrut has got a fresh coat of paint....

[Suncity]

Suraksha Diagnostics, Salt Lake



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[NiladriG]

http://www.telegraphindia.com/112122...p#.UN0mAOTYg6U

The Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals group will set up a 450-bedded multi-speciality hospital in Salt Lake’s Sector V. It is likely to start functioning from 2014.

“The hospital will have super-speciality units, including cardio-thoracic and nephrology. Construction will start next year and the hospital will be operational in 2014,” said Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, managing director, vice-chairman and group CEO, Narayana Hrudayalaya, which runs the RN Tagore Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Calcutta.

Around Rs 60 crore will be spent on setting up the hospital, which will come up adjacent to the 90-bedded eye hospital run by the group.

The new hospital will be part of the Bangalore-headquartered Narayana Hrudayalaya group’s larger plan to offer 23,000 beds across the country in five-seven years. However, most of the expansions will take place in Tier II and III towns.

The Salt Lake unit is being set up in collaboration with Rotary Club, which has provided the land.

The group is also setting up a 3,000-bedded health city in Siliguri, which will come up across three acres. “The speciality units in the health city will be located in separate buildings,” said a Narayana Hrudayalaya official.

The group on Wednesday announced a tie-up with Westbank Hospital. “Narayana Hrudayalaya will set up a cardio-thoracic unit at Westbank’s new hospital in Howrah’s Andul. The group will provide equipment and expertise for the cardiac care unit,” said Asish Chakraborty, the group executive director, Westbank Hospitals.

Westbank’s second hospital in Andul, which also has a oncology unit, has 220 beds.

Narayana Hrudayalaya has also tied up with the IQ group to set up a private medical college in Durgapur. Raghuvanshi said the outpatients’ department of the 700-bedded hospital will become operational by January.

“We have already applied to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for inspection,” he said.

[DFan]

The diagnosis and treatment of cancer and cardiac diseases may soon become much cheaper.

By mid-2013, India will get its first facility to produce medical isotopes - substances crucial in nuclear medicine. A medical cyclotron project is to come up on the southern fringes of Kolkata, at Chak Garia. The construction is on way and the plant will be commissioned by 2014.

A medical isotope is a very small quantity of radioactive substance used in safe, cost-effective imaging and treatment of cancer. It is also helpful in treating cardiovascular disease. It effectively prevents re-clogging of arteries when used in conjunction with angioplasty.

"Currently, medical isotopes are imported from the UK, Israel and South Africa. Five milicurie of radioisotope - a single dose for a patient -- now costs around Rs. 15,000. This cost will go down almost by half," said Malay Kanti Das, head of the regional centre of Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), Kolkata.

Mainly, two types of radioisotopes are used in nuclear medicine - those emitting gamma rays and positrons.

There are facilities in the country to produce the positron-emitting isotope, said Dinesh Srivastava, director of Variable Cyclotron Energy Centre (VECC) at Salt Lake. The Kolkata project would produce both types, eliminating the need to import this expensive material.

The VECC is building the project in partnership with BRIT and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).