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MYSORE MEDICAL COLLEGE GETS AUTONOMY
The Government has accorded the much-awaited autonomy to the Mysore Medical College in Mysore. The order to this effect will be issued on Tuesday (Jan. 2) as today and tomorrow are holidays. Already, Government Medical College and Dental College in Bangalore have got the autonomy. Now the head of the college will be empowered to take policy decisions and recruit teaching and other staff. The college can seek aid from other organisations directly.
Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, MMC Principal Dr. B.C. Vastrad said that the IT/BT Secretary M.N. Vidya Shankar, who is also in-charge of Medical Education and Director of Medical Education Dr. Ramanand Shetty visited MMC and K.R. Hospital yesterday and held discussion with heads of all departments. The draft order is ready to grant autonomy and the official order along with the bye-laws are expected to reach on Tuesday. The MMC will be registered at the District Registrar's office, said Dr. Vastrad.
Bottlenecks
Referring to the recent visit of the Medical Council of India (MCI) team to MMC and K.R. Hospital, Dr. Vastrad said that a decision was taken at the yesterday's meeting to set right all bottlenecks cited by the MCI team within three months, before the team's next visit.
With autonomy in hand, the rectification process would be on a war-footing, leaving no stone unturned.
The Out-Patient Department in K.R. Hospital, teaching units and laboratories would also be streamlined, he said.
Benefits
Speaking about the benefits of autonomy, Dr. Vastrad said that it basically provides a free hand for execution of proposed developmental works.
A Governing Council will be constituted comprising the Medical Education Secretary and the Principal, who henceforth will be referred to as the Dean or Director. The Governing Council would be headed by the Medical Education Minister. The Council will immediately go in for filling up the shortage in teaching staff, as it will be vested with total powers for recruitment of teaching and other staff.
Associate Professors
MCI had suggested the introduction of the posts of Associate Professors, which was not there under the Government purview. Now it can be created and filled up. Purchase of equipments will be done directly without approaching the Government as the budgetary allocation would also be increased, he said.
As substantial space has been reportedly wasted in the K.R. Hospital, it has been suggested to employ a medical architect for efficient utilisation of the available space, Dr. Vastrad said.
# Posted : Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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