Month: May 2012

Mail News Service
Imphal, May 31 : An RTI was filed by K Seityajit , Chairman, Vision Foundation Manipur enquiring how many nurses had been regularised to their posts in the recent past during the period of the present Director Dr S Sekharjit. It was asked if the Director R.I.M.S had taken money more than one lakh rupees each from the nurses at the time of their regularisation.
It was asked how the courses of the B.Sc Nursing in RIMS Nursing College is managed. Strength of students and utilisation certificate of the expenses were demanded.
It was asked “What is the present position of the Dental College and the OPD Block for which the Foundation Stone had been laid down by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare it was asked? How much money had been utilised till date for the purpose? How much money is yet to be utilised? Please provide the utilisation certificate.
Give the reasons for not functioning/running the Hospital Information system properly in RIMS. How many Superspecialists/Post Doctorals are working in RIMS? Please provide a list of their names, subject of speciality and qualifications. What has done by the RIMS authority to make avail of their services to the public? What steps are taken and what steps are there in the planning in this regard? What are the job facilities given to Some of the Doctors who are nominated by the Govt. Of Manipur as State nominee for the courses of P.G. are being given appointment in the RIMS Hospital by the RIMS authority after their pass-out. They are to resume their services to the parent Department of the State Govt. Please provide a list of the names of the Doctors, their subject of speciality and the Dept. they are working with/without the permission of the state Govt.
Manipur is a state prone to Fire Arms Injury. In such situation, how many staff are there in the casualty Unit of the RIMS Hospital? Is it true that some of the staff of Casualty Unit had been absorbed to some other Wards or Departments of the Hospital? if yes, please make available a detailed list of the staff. Why is the casualty Unit not functioning as a separate Department with the latest facilities in the interest of public?
Why is RIMS not running a pharmacy? Why free medicine/ subsidised rate are not given as in the hospitals sponsored by the Union Govt.
How many private Hospitals, private Clinics and private Nursing Homes are their in the state run by the Doctors of RIMS? Apart from their home practices, is it true to say that most of the Doctors of RIMS are engaged and contracted with private Hospitals and private Clinics while enjoying the N.P.A.
Is it true to the saying of the public voice that the candidates who can pay a sum of Rupees ten lakhs to twenty lakhs are being appointed for nurses? Give reasons for the supplementary appointments in the said appointment.
Recently, some persons above the age of 62 years were detected as employees of RIMS. What actions has been taken against those officials involved?
Is it true to the saying of the public that without the permission of the authority, RIMS staff used the practice of hiring persons to substitute their jobs sharing the salaries? The nurses too didn’t performed their duties according to the roster. On mutual understanding amongst themselves, without the knowledge of the authority they had altered the night duties and at times hired or engaged unemployed nurses on their behalf. Please provide authenticated records maintained in the office in this regard.
Why the facilities of MRI, CT Scan, X-Ray, Ultrasound and Laboratories etc are still unavailable in RIMS , why does doctors refer to outside private clinics and private Laboratories? Does it mean to the offer of 10% to 20% to the Doctors by the outside private Labs ? Is it admissible for Dr. N, Damayanti Devi, wife of the present Director of RIMS Dr. S. Shekherjit Singh to hold the head of office (Principal) of the Nursing College of RIMS? Please provide the authenticated copies of documents and certificates of her educational qualifications maintained in the office records.
Kindly provide the authenticated documents and records maintained in the office with reasonfor holding the recent interview of Staff Selection for the post of Grade IV till 2 a.m, after midnight. What is the present position of the Doctors, nurses and Grade IV employees working in the RIMS ? On What is the total number of wards existing in the RIMS Hospital? Please provide the numbers in department-wise. What is the total number of beds in the Hospital? Please provide the numbers in department-wise. What is the total land area of RIMS? Please provide an authenticated copy of the land patta/Jamabandi.
What is the total number of ventilators using as life saving machines for serious patients? Is it
true that most of them are not functioning? Give the reasons for keeping them non-functioning.

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