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VTSM Cancer Centre to be upgraded, says Patil

Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil has said that the VTSM Peripheral Cancer Treatment Centre in Kalaburagi city attached to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology was being upgraded into a full-fledged cancer hospital with all facilities including surgical, medical oncology and chemotherapy.


Speaking at a function to mark the laying of foundation stone for the installation of the Rs. 10-crore Linear Accelerated Radiation Therapy Unit at the cancer centre here on Saturday, Dr. Patil said that the State government has given administrative approval to upgrade the centre in two phases. In the first phase, the Linear Accelerator Radiation Therapy Unit was being established and in the second phase the surgical and medical oncology units and the chemotherapy treatment facilities would be included.


He said that necessary changes and additions were made at a cost of Rs. 2 crore in the existing building of the peripheral cancer centre for upgrading it into a full-fledged cancer hospital, which would be a boon to the patients afflicted by cancer, who otherwise had to spend huge sums of money to avail treatment in higher centres.


Dr. Patil said that the State government has also sanctioned new posts in the upgraded peripheral cancer treatment centre in Kalaburagi and soon the notification calling applications to fill these new posts would be published. The government has also accorded permission to fill up all the vacant posts in the centre immediately.


He said that the work on the Rs. 25-crore Trauma Care Centre in the General Hospital Complex would start and the tenders would be floated for awarding the works soon.
A proposal has also been submitted for the establishment of a super speciality hospital to the Finance and Planning Department for the approval. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his budgetary speech had sanctioned a super speciality hospital to Kalaburagi.
Dr. Patil said that the work of constructing 500 bed hospital in Bidar was in progress.


http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-to-be-upgraded-says-patil/article7314299.ece

 

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ESI Auditorium to be opened soon

 

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ESI Auditorium to be opened soon

One of largest auditorium to be opened for public soon at Gulbarga ESI campus

 

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State identifies four places to set up AIIMS-like institute

The State government has shortlisted four places for establishing a super-speciality hospital-cum-medical college on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

The places identified are Herohalli in Ramanagar, Itagatti near Dharwad, Government district hospital, Vijayapura district and in Kalaburagi district. The State will take the plan forward once the Centre gives its approval.

In a written reply to BJP’s C T Ravi in the Assembly on Thursday, Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil said the government was pursuing its plans to have an institute on the lines of AIIMS Delhi.

The place for the institute in Kalaburagi has been identified and the information has been submitted to the Centre. Dharwad district administration has also identified a place for the institute and a blueprint has been prepared. But there is no information from Vijayapura and Ramanagar districts.

The State, as per the directions of the Centre, is ready to provide 200 acres of land with infrastructure for opening an AIIMS-like institute, he added. Replying to another question, the minister said the State, in principle, had agreed to take over the ESI medical college- cum-hospital in Kalaburagi. A letter to this effect was written to the Centre on April 13. At present, the college is run by the Union Ministry of Labour.

When contacted by this newspaper, the minister said the Labour ministry wanted the State to take over the ESI medical college. “The ministry had also said it was contemplating running the institute on a public-private participation model. Learning this, we said we would take over the administration. However, the ministry is yet to decide. A sum of Rs 1,500 crore was spent on constructing the building,” Patil said.

On whether the proposed institute could be housed in the ESI medical college in Kalaburagi, he said even that could be considered.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...laces-set.html

 

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Suspense Ends, ESIC to Run College, Hospital in Kalaburagi

BENGALURU/KALABURAGI:Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) will take up the responsibility of running and maintaining the hospital and medical college built by the corporation at Kalaburagi.


Dattatreya, in a letter to his cabinet colleague M Venkaiah Naidu, has said that the Labour ministry had taken a final call on the issue keeping public good in mind.
This ends the uncertainty over running the Rs 2,000 crore-worth hospital and medical college which was inaugurated over a year back. While the ESIC wanted the state government to take up the responsibility, the latter was reluctant citing financial constraints.


Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha member Basavaraj Patil Sedam, who hails from Kalaburagi district, had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in the matter. Modi in turn asked Naidu to discuss the issue with Dattatreya.
History


The ESIC Medical College of Kalaburagi commenced functioning in 2013-14. Trouble started in the beginning of this year with the announcement of deputy medical commissioner (ME-II) Vivek Handa that ESIC at its 163rd meeting on December 4, 2014, had decided to exit the field of medical education since it was not its core function. It was decided at the meeting that ESIC should not undertake further admissions to medical colleges and other medical educations (PG, nursing, para-medical and dental) nor start new medical colleges.


All ongoing medical education programmes may continue till the students pass out or (they) are adjusted according to provisions of the Essentiality Certificate issued by the state government, whichever is earlier, the meeting decided. It was also decided that ESIC will hand over its medical colleges and other medical education institutions having separate infrastructure to the state governments willing for such a transfer.


The staff and the student community staged a protest and sent memorandums to the labour minister to reconsider the decision. Even Kalaburagi MP Mallikarjun Kharge pleaded strongly to the labour minister, PM and the President of India.


The state sent a letter to the labour minister to reconsider the move, failing which, the state was ready to run the college. Dattatreya, who visited Kalaburagi in the first week of July, did not make any commitment.



http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...l-in-Kalaburagi/2015/08/05/article2958222.ece

 

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HCG Hospital Opens in Gulbarga

HCG Cancer Center Gulbarga
No.1-10/A, 1-10 Khuba Plot,
Station Road, Gulbarga - 585 102
Tel. : 08472 - 661000

HCG, Gulbarga offers comprehensive cancer care under one roof. This centre is equipped to provide cancer care to Gulbarga,Yadgir, Bidar, Raichir and Bijapur. HCG is the first hospital in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region to introduce the stat of the art linear accelerator from Varian, the True Beam Unique. This system enables clinicians to address several cancer types, even the most challenging cases.

The treatment modalities offered at this centre are Radiation oncology, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology. The services provided also include supportive care and diagnostics. The radiation oncology department is equipped with competent professionals and technology to provide therapies such as IMRT(Intensity Modulated Radiation therapy) , 3D CRT(3D Conformal Radiation Therapy) and Brachytherapy.

The Surgical Oncology department provides for treatment for Head & Neck cancers, Thoracic and Pelvic cancers and Musculoskeletal tumours. HCG, Gulbarga also has specially designed ICUs and day care facilities for chemotherapy. The diagnostic department offers CT scan, mammography, Ultrasound and X-ray..The centre also offers advanced laboratory services

http://www.hcgoncology.com/index.php/hospital/hcg-gulbarga

 

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Rare Sight: A Positive Picture at Kalaburagi Hospital

KALABURAGI:Though the Kalaburagi District Government Hospital faces shortage of doctors and specialists, there is no major problem because of the experts working at ESI Medical College and Gulbarga Institute of Medical College.

District surgeon Dr. Nalini Namoshi told Express that the sanctioned doctors’ posts for the District Government Hospital are 94 and 46. She said apart from the doctors serving in the District Government Hospital, 110 doctors/ specialists of ESIC Medical College and 56 doctors/specialists of Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences were offering service to the District Government Hospital as both the medical colleges have been attached to the hospital.

The major problem of the hospital is the severe shortage of group ‘D’ employees. The hospital is not facing any shortage of equipment. Four ventilators have been given to ICU and they are in good condition. Of the two ventilators given to the pediatrics department, one is in good condition and another is under repair.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...buragi-Hospital/2015/10/16/article3082549.ece
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Medical facility is improving in Gulbarga with many private hospitals and Govt hospitals opened recently... need is to make ESI to AIIMS!

 

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Trauma centre to come up in Kalaburagi

The foundation stone for the proposed of state-of-the-art trauma care centre to be taken up at a cost of Rs. 21 crore would be laid after the finalisation of tenders for the construction of the centre in the District Hospital Complex in Kalaburagi.

Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil toldThe Hinduhere on Sunday that the foundations stone for a similar trauma care centre has already been laid at Mysuru. The proposed trauma care centre here would have specialisation in Orthopaedics and Neurology.
The Finance Department has already given its approval for the appointment of the required staff to man the centres.

To a question, Dr. Patil said that the proposal for the establishment of super speciality hospitals in Mysuru, Kalaburagi and Belagavi was before the Finance Department.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...e-to-come-up-in-kalaburagi/article7779097.ece

 

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Jayadeva Branch in Kalaburagi

BENGALURU:Soon, heart patients in places like Koppal, Yadgir, Bidar, Kalaburagi and surrounding areas need not go as far as Bengaluru to avail treatment at the Jayadeva Insititute of Cardiovascular Scinces. The institute is opening a 114-bed branch in Kalaburagi in five months.

Jayadeva Director Dr C N Manjunath told Express that the branch will have a 40-bed ICU. “We have also identified five cardiologists for the hospital. Four duty doctors, two surgeons and two anaesthesia specialists will also be deputed to the hospital that will come up within the premises of the Gulbarga Medical College Hospital,” he said.

The hospital management has already deputed engineers to set up the hospital at a cost of Rs 15 crore. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and Hyderabad Karnataka Development Board (HKDB) have allocated Rs 6 crore each, said an official. Jayadeva Hospital has pitched in with Rs 3 crore.

RGUHS VC Dr K S Ravindranath said the Hyderabad-Karnataka region lacks good heart care facilities. “This initiative by Jayadeva will help many families in the region to get affordable heartcare,” he said.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...h-in-Kalaburagi/2015/10/20/article3089118.ece

 

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Kalaburagi District Hospital Tops in Health Facilities

Kalaburagi District Hospital Tops in Health Facilities

KALABURAGI:Though Kalaburagi district lags behind on many fronts, the District Government Hospital stands first in providing health service facilities to patients, according to a recent survey conducted by the state health department.

The report, a copy of which is with Express, says Kalaburagi District Government Hospital secured 765 points out of 800 in the survey and stood first.

The hospitals were graded according to the points scored by them. The hospitals which scored 600 to 800 points were given ‘A’ grade, 500 to 600 were given ‘B’, 400 to 500 were given ‘C’ and below 400 were placed under ‘D’ category.

Kalaburagi (765), Tumakuru (735), Chikkamagaluru (730), Chamarajnagar (710) and Chitradurga (700) were given ‘A’ grade, Bagalkot, Bidar, Davanagere, Dakshina Kannada (Wenlock), Gadag, Kolar, Raichur, Ramanagaram, Udupi, Kodagu, Karwar, Haveri, Dharwad and Chikkaballapur district government hospitals were given ‘B’ grade, Koppal, Lady Goshen (Dakshina Kannada), Yadgir and Ballari district hospitals were given ‘C’ grade while Shivamogga district hospital, which scored 485, has been given ‘D’ grade.

District Surgeon of Kalaburagi District Government Hospital Dr Nalini Namoshi told Express the points were given based on the facilities available in the hospital, services being given to in-patients and out-patients, surgeries conducted, normal deliveries as well as caesarean sections, neo-natal health care, 24X7 services, availability of medicine, basic infrastructure etc. The hospital scored less with regard to trauma care and paediatrics department.

“This is the first time that the health department has conducted a survey of facilities available and services being provided in district government hospitals in the state and our hospital has topped the list,” Dr Nalini said.

Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/stat...cle3097645.ece
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Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital gets super-speciality tag

A view of the waiting hall of the outpatient wing of the super-speciality services in the Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital.— Photo: Arun Kulkarni


At long last, the Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, run by the Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society (HKES), has got the super-speciality hospital tag with the establishment of a state-of-the-art Neuro Surgery and Plastic Surgery Wards and a General Super Speciality Ward.
The CT scan has been upgraded from six slides to 16 slides. Besides, three modern ultrasound machines and three ventilators have been added.
The HKES had invested Rs 5 crore for the facilities.
They will be inaugurated by Maun Tapasvi Jadeya Shantalingeshwar Mahaswamiji on Friday in the presence of President of the HKES Basawaraj Bhimalli.
The swami will also inaugurate the construction of the first floor reserved for NRI medicos.
The super-speciality Neurosurgery Ward and Plastic Surgery Wards have 30 beds each that will go long way in providing relief to patients.
There is also a super-speciality outpatient wing.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/basaveshwar-teaching-and-general-hospital-gets-superspeciality-tag/article7871452.ece

 

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Kalaburagi ESIC Super Speciality Hospital Set to Start Functioning by Month-end

KALABURAGI: Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is all set to start a super specialty hospital in Kalaburagi by the end of December in compliance with the norms of the Medical Council of India.

“All basic infrastructure, except power and water, are ready. Once we get these essentials, we will announce the date of inauguration,” said ESIC Medical College principal Dr Chandrashekhar.

He told Express that MCI had given ESIC permission to hold admissions for the third batch of first year MBBS students in the last week of September if they started their own hospital in three months.

He said that President Pranab Mukherjee will be in Kalaburagi on December 22
to participate in the convocation of the Central University, Karnataka and the venue for the convocation is the ESIC Medical College auditorium. “We want to utilise the opportunity and are planning to request the President to inaugurate the hospital,” he added.

The construction of ESIC Medical Complex has almost been completed and the building of super specialty hospital is ready. Most of the equipment required for the hospital has also been installed. ESIC is inviting tenders to procure radiology equipment within a few days. “We need about `1 crore to procure this equipment,” Dr Chandrashekar said.

“To run the super specialty hospital, we need additional 5 Mega Watt power and for this we have deposited `3.5 crore with GESCOM and KPTCL. They have promised to provide this within a week. The hospital needs 10 lakh litres of water per day on permanent basis. The Water Supply Board, on temporary basis is making arrangements to provide three lakh litres per day and it will be functional within a few days. The work of laying a pipeline to provide 10 lakh litres of water is under progress,” he said.

ESIC has already appointed 200 doctors, including 24 specialists in surgery, 24 in medicine and 12 in gynaecology and they are working at ESIC Medical College and at the District Government Hospital which is attached to ESIC Medical College.

Once the ESIC Super Specialty Hospital becomes functional, their services will be withdrawn from the District Government Hospital and they will work at ESIC Super Specialty Hospital.

47,210 Insured Persons (IPs) of Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Bellary and Koppal districts (employees and employers registered with ESIC), will get treatment free of cost in this hospital.

Dr Chandrashekhar said he has written to the Director General of ESIC seeking formal permission to treat the general public also in this hospital by charging as per the norms being followed in the District Government Hospital.
“We are excepting permission from the DG as the ESIC Act has already been amended whereby ESIC Hospitals can treat the general public if the number of IPs is less than required strength,” Dr Chandrashekhar said.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Kalaburagi-ESIC-Super-Speciality-Hospital-Set-to-Start-Functioning-by-Month-end/2015/12/03/article3158689.ece
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Gulbarga ESIC should be made as AIIMS by Govt of India

 

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State-of-the-art healthcare facilities in the offing

Full-fledged cancer and cardiac care centres coming up

People of Hyderabad Karnataka region will now have state-of-the-art healthcare facilities, at least for treating cancer and cardiac cases, in the government sector with the inauguration of a full-fledged cancer centre and a unit of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology here.

The full-fledged cancer centre with medical and surgical oncology departments and chemotherapy unit will be established at the Peripheral Cancer Centre inside the Government General Hospital complex, which is being refurbished.

And, a full-fledged unit with facilities to conduct open heart surgery, a cathlab facility and other treatment facilities for cardiac diseases is being established at the new Government General Hospital building.

Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil, who played a crucial role in getting these healthcare facilities established in Kalaburagi, toldThe Hinduon Sunday that both the full-fledged cancer hospital and the unit of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology will be inaugurated in the first week of April.

Though the inauguration of the cancer hospital is pending, Dr. Patil said that the chemotherapy unit has started functioning.

The proposed cancer hospital and the cardiology unit of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology will come as a boon to patients of the region who otherwise visited bigger cities, including Hyderabad, Solapur and Bengaluru, for availing themselves of treatment.

While patients holding BPL cards will get free treatment in these facilities, treatment for other patients will come at an affordable cost. Dr. Patil said that the 80-bed cancer hospital will have medical, surgical and gynaecology oncology departments along with radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and parent palliative departments. One state-of-the-art operation theatre is being established in the hospital and it will have the latest CT simulator, Gama knife and Brachotherapy facilities. To a question, he said that while the refurbished building is ready for occupation, tenders have been floated for installation of various equipment and furniture. The construction of a bunker to house the high-end Linear Accelerator (LINAC) radiotherapy unit to provide radiation treatment to cancer patients is in the advance stages of construction.

The LINAC unit would function in the hospital, along with the existing COBALT radiation therapy unit. Dr. Patil said that one full floor in the new government hospital has been allotted to the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology to establish its unit. Installation of equipment is in full swing and an imported advanced Cathlab has arrived in an Indian port and it will soon be transported to Kalaburagi.


Patients holding below the poverty line ration cards will get treatment at the new facility
for free.
Sharanprakash Patil,
Minister of State for Medical Education

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/stateoftheart-healthcare-facilities-in-the-offing/article8063212.ece

 

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Jayadeva to function in Kalaburagi from March

The 100-bed Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research Centre Hospital at Kalaburagi will start functioning from March, Institute director Dr C N Manjunath said here on Tuesday.

Dr Manjunath, who visited the city branch at K R Hospital, said that the Kalaburagi hospital will be equipped with a cardiology and cardio-surgery facilities.

Speaking about the rise in heart-related ailments, Dr Manjunath said, “By 2030, one in three deaths in India will be due to cardiac-related ailments.”

Diabetes is one of the major contributing factors that affects heart health, other than a sedentary lifestyle and other factors, he added. It is important to have a regular exercise regimen and undergo health checkups at least once in six months. Avoid fried items and foods with high cholesterol levels, he said.

Centre head Dr Sadanand, Dr Harsha Basappa, and Superintendent  Lobo were among those present on the occasion.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/521427/jayadeva-function-kalaburagi-march.html
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Super-speciality cardiology treatment centre to be inaugurated today

Four cardiologists from the Hyderabad Karnataka region have joined hands to set up a super-speciality cardiology treatment centre here.
Basavaprabhu S. Amarkhed, Iranna S. Hirapur, Veeraj Kalburgi and Siddappa Margol have pooled in available funds to establish the Gulbarga Heart Foundation and Research Centre, a 60-bed super- specialty hospital with latest treatment facilities for cardio-related problems, including a cath lab required to take up primary angioplasty, peripheral angioplasty, and balloon procedures.
The centre has already started functioning in the city and it will be formally inaugurated by the peetathipathi of the Sharanbasaveshwar Samasthan, Poojya Sharanbasvappa Appa, and Sajjada Nasheen of the Dargah, Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, on Sunday. Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil will be present.
Dr. Amarkhed, who is one of the directors of the foundation, told presspersons on Thursday that an interventional cardiologist would be available at the hospital round the clock.
“It also has a special chest pain clinic and intensive critical care facility. Other facilities included echocardiography, holter monitoring trans esophageal echocardiography, heart failure and rheumatic disease clinic, pace marker clinic, invasive BP monitoring, and a dialysis unit,” he said.


Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...re-to-be-inaugurated-today/article8204946.ece
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