Health and Family Welfare Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal has taken a major action. He has suspended SIMS Dean Dr. KK Sahare and hospital superintendent Dr. Sujit Nayak with immediate effect. There are complaints against them of mismanagement and many kinds of irregularities in the operation of the hospital. The Health Minister announced the suspension of both in the meeting of the autonomous committee in SIMS. Along with this, instructions have also been given to investigate the purchases made in the last three years. Many important decisions were taken in the meeting of the general body of the autonomous committee for better operation of SIMS hospital.
MLA Dharamlal Kaushik, Dharamjit Singh, Dilip Lahariya, Sushant Shukla, Additional Chief Secretary Health Manoj Kumar Pingua along with committee members and officials were present in the meeting. Health Minister and Chairman of Autonomous Committee Shyam Bihari Jaiswal showed strict attitude in the meeting. He said that the state government is committed to providing better health facilities to the common man. Strict action will be taken against those who come in the way. He also generously approved Rs 10 crore for improving SIMS and equipment. In the meeting, a proposal of Rs 1.5 lakh was approved from the autonomous account to audit the accounts of the college. Rs 42 lakh was given to install a new LT panel of the electrical substation in the SIMS campus.
Permission to purchase DG set
Permission was also given to purchase a DG set for the medical college building. The proposal for a new vehicle for the dean and medical superintendent was also approved. Financial and administrative approval was given to arrange a 52-seater bus for the movement of medical students. Rs 5 lakh was also given to purchase Hindi medium books in the medical college. A proposal of Rs 14 lakh to purchase beds in the SIMS hostel was approved. It was said in the meeting that it should be purchased as per the rules from the Gem portal.
Approval of proposal for purchase of machine
The proposal to purchase CCTV, refrigerator, biometric machine and photocopy machine for the college was also approved. Decisions were also taken regarding purchase of Fowler mattress in malaria ward of CIMS hospital, consultancy fees, computer set, photocopy machine, preparing hospital for installation of CCTV camera, recruitment of computer operator and staff nurse along with cleaning staff. On this occasion Medical Education Commissioner Kiran Kaushal, Divisional Commissioner Mahadev Kavre, Health Department Director Rituraj Raghuvanshi, CGMSC Managing Director Padmini Bhoi, NHM Managing Director Dr Jagdish Sonkar along with members and officers of autonomous committee were present.