The Governor, N. N. Vohra, has called for completion of the Cancer Hospital, which is part of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), Kakryal, by December this year.
The Governor was addressing the 2nd Governing Council meeting of the SMVDIME, in Jammu on Sunday. He emphasized the vital need for the time-bound completion of all components of the Hospital to avoid time and cost over-runs and to make the hospital functional within a fixed time frame, to benefit the people at the earliest.
The Governor said that a PERT/CPM chart should be drawn up so that all the components like completion of the infrastructure, purchase and installation of equipment, positioning of the staff etc synchronize with each other and the entire project becomes functional by the targeted date. He emphasized the complete documentation of the project, taking into account all parameters, for its speedy completion. He emphasized that there is need for proceeding in an entirely methodical manner to fuse one activity with another to achieve the set goal.
The meeting approved the draft recruitment rules and the bye-laws as well as various other agenda items after detailed discussions. These included an identification of the super-specialties to be established in the first phase, a calendar for the purchase of equipment, etc.
The Governing Council approved the award of contract for interior work, boiler works, construction of dharamsala, guest house for the visiting faculty, patients’ inn, accommodation for doctors and para-medical staff. The Council also approved that specific services like laundry and kitchen and bio-medical waste management would be out-sourced, initially.
The members of the Governing Council made several valuable suggestions for fixing firm time-lines for the various components of this prestigious project of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
Earlier, in his power point presentation, the Director, SMVDIME, Lt. Gen. (Retd) L. P. Sadhotra, gave a status of the various components of the upcoming Institute.
The meeting was attended by the members of the Governing Council including the Principal Secretary to Governor, . B. B. Vyas, the Vice Chancellor of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Prof. N. K. Bansal, Principal, Government Medical College, Jammu, Dr. Rajinder Singh, Managing Director, Medicity, Gurgaon, Sunil Sachdeva, Additional Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, M. K. Dwivedi, Technical Advisor to the Shrine Board,. M. L. Maini and others.
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