More details are emerging on the NITER proposal. It seems it is only an Orissa govt. proposal. So it is far away from happening. At this point Orissa govt. should focus on getting one of the new IITs and should pursue NITER only after it gets an IIT. Following is a report on this from Samaja. (New Indian Express also has a report on it.)
Following is from Pragativadi. (Thanks to Purna babu for the pointer.) I hope this news is true and not some gossip by a govt. official. If it is true, I hope it happens in addition to an IIT.
In general, the district colleges that have close to 250 beds should all be converted to medical colleges and the government should recover some of the cost by charging the students half or 1/3rd of what private medical colleges charge.
…On November 20, Orissa’s Stewart School gears up to celebrate its 125th year.
The institution, where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose received six years of elementary education, is marking the occasion by asking former students to come forth and to share memories of the alma mater.
Through this exercise, principal Asha Margaret Das hopes to accumulate an school information archive. On November 20, a five-day celebration with a host of programmes is also expected to start.
So far, the school has started a special unit to receive messages from former pupils. “I am sure that former pupils from far and wide must have interesting anecdotes to share,” she said.
“If you have any stories related to the old higher-secondary school or any other information, we would love to hear from you. We believe that it’s important for former pupils to realise they are a part of a rich historical past,” Das said. “It is one of the oldest schools in Cuttack and the few that are older are so by 10, maybe 25 years.”
The school, which started in 1882, was re-christened Stewart School in 1919 after its founder William Day Stewart, a civil surgeon. Stewart School began as the Orphanage School in November 1882. Soon, it came to be known as Protestant European School (in 1891) and in the same year its doors opened to Indian students. Since 1971, the institution has been managed by Diocese of Cuttack, Church of North India. Until that time it was under the Baptist Missionary Society.
Following are some excerpts from that report. (Thanks to Deba Nayak for the pointer.)
The Union government would soon start construction of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) near Bhubaneswar from December 2007.
The proposed regional centre of the AIIMS has been postponed for the past four years. Last year, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) put the Bhubaneswar-AIIMS on fast track by making budgetary allocations under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Official sources said a sum of Rs 330 crore has been so far sanctioned.
Replying to a query put by BJD MP Prasanna Patsani today, the Union health minister, Anbumani Ramadoss, said the construction would begin from December. “He assured me that work on the AIIMS college would begin in April 2008,” Patsani told The Telegraph. … According to an initial estimate, a sum of Rs 280 crore would be spent on the establishment of the Bhubaneswar AIIMS. In the first phase, three departments — cardiology and cardio-thoracic, nephrology and urology and cancer centre — would be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 133 crore.
A two-storied modular building was proposed on the 100-acre site to house four operation theatres, out patient departments, diagnostic block and in patient wards. The diagnostic unit was to be equipped with sophisticated equipment such as CT scan, MRI, X-ray machines, electro-encephalogram and electro-cardiogram.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for establishment of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar at an estimated cost of Rs. 823.19 crore and also creation of 761 posts in academic, scientific, technical, administrative and auxiliary categories.
NISER will start functioning initially from the campus of Institute of Physics (IOP) and its academic programme will start from September, 2007.
The said institute will conduct the following programmes in science education for bright and meritorious students selected on all-India basis :
a) An integrtated 5 year M.Sc. programme in the core and emerging branches of Basic Sciences to students after their 10+2 Higher Secondary schooling. This in turn will be integrated with Ph.D. programme on the one hand and employment in various R&D organizations and industry in the country on the other.
b) Integrated m.Sc. + Ph.D after B.Sc from other Universities.
c) Ph. D. programme after M.Sc. from other universities.
All the students selected for admission to NISER are requested to reach Bhubaneswar positively on 9th September 2007. They will be provided temporary accommodaion within Institute of Physics campus. Accompanying parents/ guardians will also be provided accommodation within the campus.
Please note that there will be general strike on 10th September 2007. However, work within the IOP campus, both for NISER admission and inauguration of NISER Academic Programme will be held on 10th September 2007 as announced earlier.
The Orientation classes will be held on 11th Sept. 2007 followed by medical examination by Institute Doctor.
Regular classes will start on 12.09.2007 at 08:00 Hrs.
Break-up of charges to be paid at the time of admission to NISER
General
SC/ST
Tuition Fee
Rs. 6,000
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Caution Money (Hostel)
Rs. 1,000
Rs. 1,000
Caution Money (Laboratory)
Rs. 1,000
Rs. 1,000
Caution Money (Library)
Rs. 1,000
Rs. 1,000
Mess Advance
Rs. 4,000
Rs. 4,000
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Total
Rs. 13,000
Rs. 7,000
List of materials to be carried by the student for staying in the hostel
Students will be provided a cot with mattress and pillow, one study table with chair and one medium sized almirah for storage. They should bring their own linen, pillow cover, towel, mosquito-net, curtain, bucket, glass etc. for their own use.
Even as engineering and construction firms are actively partnering private players in setting up medi-cities and super-speciality hospitals, a key initiative aimed at setting up six AIIMS-like hospitals and upgrading 13 facilities is finding few takers.
The initiative is part of the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), announced in 2005. The projects, with a total outlay of over Rs 3,500 crore, are scheduled to be completed by 2010.
Few developers have responded to the tenders for setting up six hospitals modelled on AIIMS and upgrading 13 medical colleges.
Health ministry officials said the poor response from the private sector for these projects, each worth Rs 50-100 crore, was unfortunate and needed to be seriously analysed.
"The construction boom has thrown open more projects that one can handle. We will have to market our projects well for a good response," said a ministry official.
… The tender inviting private firms to develop housing facilities for the six AIIMS-like institutions has received very few responses, forcing the government to think of floating a second tender. The tender for preparing a detailed project report (DPR), expected to close on September 24, is expected to get a similar response.
Project consultants in the healthcare segment say the government should relax the tender norms. "The archaic norms that keep most well-established players out of the tender process should be kept aside," said a consultant.
… The apathy of turnkey consultancy and construction firms is known to be a direct result of ?hassle-free? business opportunities in the nationwide real estate boom.
The lack of response has been plaguing the project from the very beginning. It took two tenders and more than a year for the ministry to finalise the consultants for the project. The stringent quality parameters, which kept out most potential bidders, are known to be one of the reasons for the poor response.
The project, which envisages AIIMS-like institutes in Bhopal, Bhubhaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, received the Planning Commission’s nod in the 10th Plan. The work was to begin in the 10th Plan period itself. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared the project in March 2006.
… Any delay in the execution of the project will raise serious doubts about the government?s capability to add healthcare beds on time.
There are at least two engineering colleges that have received AICTE approval to start classes this year. The next round of counseling may include some seats for those colleges. It may not allow admission to all its seats as that would be unfair to students who participated in the last counseling and did not have the choice. So to be fair only the NRI quota part (and possibly the AIEEE part) of the seats of these college may be filled during the next round of counseling. This is unconfirmed news, so watch for any formal announcement. The two colleges in the Bhubaneswar area that I know to have received AICTE approval recently are:
(Disclaimer: I was invited today to join the advisory board of Templecity Institute of Technology. I am seriously considering it, as i know and like couple of the promoters. Currently I am in a similar capacity at Silicon and JITM. None of them pay me though; nor have they done any favor to any of my relatives, family members, acquaintances, friends etc. I do not expect any favor in the future either. I just give them advice and sometimes they use it.)
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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW),Government of India, intends to set up AIIMS like Apex Healthcare Institutes one each at Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh. The institutes are being set up in approximately 100 acre land already made available by State Government.
These apex institutes have been envisaged as Centers of Excellence with 500 bedded hospital, 300 additional Super-specialty and ICU beds, an independent 100 beds for Trauma Care, 30 beds each for PMR and AYUSH Facilities. These Institutes will provide undergraduate and post graduate medical education and medical services in 39 specialty /super-specialty disciplines. The activities of the institutes will focus on providing the highest quality of patient care services, medical education and engage in biomedical research.
HLL has been appointed ‘In-house Consultant’ by MoH&FW for implementing the project. The Project is being envisaged as Hospital and College Complex and Hostel and Residential Complex. Land at Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur and Rishikesh are contiguous for the entire project while at Patna and Raipur Residential Complex are being located separately. Site Survey, Sub-Soil Investigation and Zoning plan have been completed for all the sites. Area has also been earmarked and boundary wall have been constructed.
Hospital and College Complex. The RFP Document for Design and Detailed Project Report (DDPR) has been issued to short listed firms. The DDPR Consultant is likely to be selected for each site by Nov, 2007.
Residential and Hostel Complex. The Complex is being developed by EPC Developer on turnkey basis and Contractor for each site is likely to be selected by Sep 2007.
Hospital Furniture and Medical Equipment. The client has already constituted a committee to finalize the requirement of Hospital furniture and medical equipments. The project consultant will be required to be associated in supervision, installation and commissioning of equipment and furniture as per delivery schedule till final handing over to the hospital authorities.
The approximate cost of works per institute for hospital and college complex is Rs 125.00 Crore.
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The proposal named PRADHAN MANTRI SWASTHYA SURAKSHA YOJNA (PMSSY) has been launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to offer Speciality and Super-speciality medical care and to improve the quality of medical education by creating six AIIMS like apex healthcare Institutes at Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur & Rishikesh in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand respectively.
The proposed Institutes shall have state-of-the-art multi-specialty /super-specialty facilities with captive hospital, medical college with annual intake of 100 undergraduates and P.G/Doctoral courses in various Specialty/Super-specialty disciplines based on Medical Council of India (MCI) norms, requisite infrastructures, nursing college, hostels and housing complexes. The AIIMS like Institutes would be centre of excellence and completely autonomous on the line of IITs/IIMs. These Institutes would be run and managed by Government of India.
These Institutes will participate in providing national leadership in the education of physicians and medical scientists, biomedical research and in the application of sophisticated medical technology to patient care. The activities of the Institutes will focus on providing the highest quality patient care services, medical education and in advancing biomedical research.
Hospital facilities in India attract very large crowds .The facilities being created are to be used by the poorest population of the country. It is envisaged that these facilities would be holistic in nature, economical to build, respond to the local environment and climatic conditions and create an environment which is user friendly.
The objectives of project development are Modular Pattern of development, ability to expand to meet future needs, be energy efficient in use of Water, Power and other scarce resources. Air-conditioned areas would be limited to essential services of the hospital functioning.
Service needs of these facilities plays an important part in the development of the facility. Thus building services, mechanical systems, materials of Construction and movement systems for waste management etc form a major component of these facilities.
The Institutes have been envisaged as centres of excellence for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, nursing education and medical services and are to be trendsetter in health research and advancement of medical sciences in India. The Institutes will provide educational facilities of very high quality comparable to the very best in the world for necessary medical manpower development.
The Institutes will train medical graduates, post-graduates with international levels of quality and efficiency in health care delivery. The Institutes will implement new approaches for medical education. They will provide best facilities for postgraduate studies and research.
The Institutes, with state-of-the-art high-tech medical equipment, will offer diagnostic and therapeutic care in clearly identified specialty and super-specialty services. The Institutes will also conduct health research, both basic and applied.
The Institutes shall consists of :-
500 Beds hospital providing Medical treatment in 18 Specialty disciplines
300 beds in 15 Super-Specialty discipline.
50 beds in ICU and critical care
50 beds Trauma ICU expandable to 100 beds and 50 bedded Recovery cum Rehabilitation Unit to be constructed at a later date.
30 beds for PMR (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
30 beds for AYUSH Facilities
6 Basic Science Department
Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation Centre.
State of the art Diagnostic Centre to be constructed later
Medical College with 100 intake capacity per year and PG/Doctoral courses in various discipline with admission based on MCI norms.
Nursing College with annual intake of 60 students.
Residential Facilities shall come up as under
Housing for 167 Staff from Type I to V and Director’s Bungalow
Hostel for UG for 375 Occupants
Hostel for PG and Interns 216 Occupants
Hostel for Residents 190 Occupants
Hostel for Nurses 200 Occupants
Bed Distributions:
SPECIALTIES
Beds
Surgical & Allied Specialties
220
General Surgery
120
Orthopaedics
60
Ophthalmology
20
Oto-rhinolaryngology
20
Medicine & Allied Specialties
220
General Medicine
120
Paediatrics
60
TB & Respiratory Diseases
20
Dermatology & STD
10
Psychiatry
10
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
60
Obstetrics
35
Post-partum
5
Gynaecology
20
TOTAL
500
The Institute shall also have the following super-specialty departments with the bed distribution as indicated below:
SUPERSPECIALTIES
Beds
Cardiology
20
Cardio-thoracic Vascular Surgery
20
Gastro-enter logy
20
Surgical Gastro-enter logy
20
Nephrology
20
Urology
20
Neurology
20
Neurosurgery
20
Medical Oncology
20
Surgical Oncology
20
Endocrinology/Metabolism
20
Clinical Haematology
20
Paediatric Surgery
20
Burns & Plastic Surgery
20
Pulmonary Medicine
20
TOTAL
300
Intensive Care Unit and Critical Care
50
Two additional divisions are also to be integrated to the Institute
Admission and registration to NISER is scheduled on 10th Sept. 2007 at 10 a.m. The inauguration of the academic programme of NISER will be held at 5 p.m. on 10Sept. 2007. Students have been allotted the stream of their first choice provisionally. The final allotment of streams will be done at the end of the first year based on their overall academic performance in semester I and semester II. Students will receive scholarship at the rate of Rs. 3,000/-per month.
All the students will have to register for all the courses which are to be credited by all the entrants to NISER’s 5-year integrated M.Sc. programme. The details of course descriptions are being posted in the webpage of NISER.
All the students are required to bring with them at the time of admission the originals of the following documents:
(a) Class X and Class XII Mark Sheets,
(b) Class X certificate,
(c) Caste / Tribe certificate (in case of SC/ST candidates).
In addition they should also bring four passport size photographs and two stamp size photographs and a Demand Draft for Rs. 13,000/= (Rs. 7,000/-for SC/ST students) towards payment of tuition fee, caution money and mess advance. The DD should be drawn in favour of NISER, payable at Bhubaneswar.
The selected students are required to deposit tuition fee and other charges latest by September 14, 2007 failing which they will forfeit their seat in NISER.
Hostel accommodation All the students will be provided hostel accommodation. They are expected to register for the hostel accommodation at the time of admission. Details about the availability of hostel accommodation for boys and girls will be posted on the web soon.
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