TURA: The Nokma Council in Tura has urged the state government to urgently take up the construction of additional buildings at the Tura Civil Hospital to meet the mandatory requirement as per the Medical Council of India (MCI) of 300 to 500 beds, to make way for the setting up of the proposed Tura Medical College.
In its memorandum submitted to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, the council pointed out that the minimum requirement for 100 MBBS admissions annually is that there should be a college and a teaching hospital providing 300 beds which is to be increased to 500 in the succeeding years, and urged that steps are to be taken to speed up the process.
“The fund of Rs 198 crore has already been sanctioned by the Government of India in 2013 under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the establishment of the Tura Medical College. It has been six years since it was sanctioned and as such there is urgency to speed up the process,” the council said.
