MDS seats in PGIMS increased by 30 persons

Custom Search

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 3
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that Master of Dental Surgeon (MDS) seats in Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (P.G.I.M.S.), Rohtak had been increased by 30 persons and Naturopathy and Yoga O.P.D. had also been started, besides introducing new courses of Mechanical and Dental Hygiene in its Dental College.
The Chief Minister, who was addressing the Second Anniversary function of the establishment of the University at Rohtak yester evening, said that the Administrative Block of Nursing College is ready. Four teams of Nurses had been given advanced training. Today, the University ranked No.8 among government institutes at national level and at No.4 in North India. He expressed hope that by promoting research work and coordinating with the reputed international institutes, the university would progress very fast and soon would become number one university of the country.
Mr Hooda said that the State Government had increased the Health Budget for providing better health services to the people, particularly to weaker sections of the society. Government had prepared schemes of Rupees 15 hundred crore, under which services like ambulances for villages, health cards for 40 lakh children up to the age of 18 under Indira Child Health Scheme, free medicines to patients, free operations and delivery services to poor people had been started. For enhancing medical education in the state, AIIMS at Badhsa in district Jhajjar was being expanded. A woman medical college at Khanpur kalan, a medical college in Mewat, Kalpana Chawla Medical College in Karnal and E.S.I. Medical College at Faridabad were being set up. In Gurgaon, 100 bedded E.S.I. hospital had started working, which is to be made 200 bedded hospital. For recruitment of the doctors, interviews were being taken every month.
Congratulating the Vice Chancellor, Professors, Doctors and other officials of the University, Mr Hooda said that they were working really hard. The University had got recognition from UGC in February 2010 and as a result, it would be getting financial assistance from Central Government.
The Vice Chancellor of the University Dr. S.S. Sangwan informed that every year 14 lakh patients come to P.G.I.M.S and the Institute was providing 173 medicines free of cost. The University had so far given recognition to 68 Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy institutes and colleges. This was a matter of pride for us that doctors from other countries have started coming here for training and patients are also coming from outside for treatment, he added.
Mr Sangwan said, "The credit for the present position of the P.G.I.M.S. Rohtak and the University of Health Sciences goes to farsightedness, support and cooperation of the Chief Minster Sh. Hooda and MP Sh. Deepender Hooda. Our three doctors have been selected for Commonwealth Fellowship. 18 Faculty members of the Institute have participated at international level conferences and seminars and 187 faculty members at national level."
On this occasion the Chief Minister released the first news bulletin of the University. MP Mr Shadi Lal Batra and MLAs Mr Bharat Bhushan and Mrs Shakuntla Khatak released the Telephone Directory of the University.
An exhibition of different wings of the P.G.I.M.S was also put up on the occasion. The Chief Minister took keen interest in it and appreciated it.
Pro-Vice chancellor S.M. Chugh thanked the guests for coming to the function. Dr. Naveen Malhotra conducted the stage, the political advisor of the CM. Prof. Virender Singh, Vice Chancellor of MDU, Mr R.P. Hooda, Rohtak Commissioner Rajiv Sharma, Registrar Mahender Pal and former Registrar T.K. Sharma were also present in the function.