Patna: 300-bed Bihta ESIC hospital to function from February 15

PATNA: A government hospital with 300 beds, established by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the aegis of the ministry of labour and employment, government of India, will begin functioning at Bihta from February 15.
Also, a medical college attached to this hospital, to be known as ESIC Medical College, Bihta will come up by August.
Principal secretary of labour resources department Mihir Kumar Singh said the central government has already applied to the National Medical Commission (NMC) for its approval to start the medical college from the coming academic session beginning August.
“There will be 100 seats for admission in MBBS course and the process of advertisement for appointment of faculty members has been initiated,” he said.
The decision to start this medical college was taken at a meeting held in the ESIC office, New Delhi, on December 7, he said.
After PMCH, NMCH, IGIMS and AIIMS-Patna, it will be the fifth largest hospital in the district to offer free treatment for all diseases and indoor bed facilities. Thus, it would lessen the load of patients on the existing hospitals, added Singh.
The state government has already issued essentiality certificate for this institution.
Aryabhatta Knowledge University’s acting vice-chancellor SM Karim said the university has issued no-objection certificate for this new medical college and final affiliation would be granted after its approval by the NMC.
The medical superintendent of the ESIC hospital, Dr Man Mohan Mishra, said nine operation theatres (OTs) besides indoor facility for all pathological and radiological tests like ultrasound and x-ray have already been developed in the hospital with centralized airconditioning system. The hospital building has seven floors and well connected to Patna-Ara road.
Hostels for boys, girls, nursing staff, intern doctors and other faculty members are also completed. Mishra said all the specialities required in a medical college would run there after getting the final order from the central government. There are 16 medical colleges, including 10 government ones, in the state.