*Inaugurates Hostel Block of SMVDCoN
Excelsior Correspondent
KAKRYAL, Feb 4: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today said that the Government has put the strengthening of healthcare infrastructure across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as one of its key priorities.
The Lt Government made these remarks during the Lamp Lighting and Oath Taking Ceremony of the 4th Batch of B.Sc. Nursing students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi College of Nursing (SMVDCoN), Kakryal and the Annual Day function of the institution held at the Matrika Auditorium of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.
Dr. Ashok Bhan and Maj. Gen. (Retd) Shiv Kumar Sharma, Members of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board; Prof. (Dr.) Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University; Ramesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board; Indu Kanwal Chib, Deputy Commissioner, Reasi; Rashmi Wazir, SSP Reasi; Vivek Verma, Additional CEO of the Board and Jitendra Kumar Gupta, Commandant, CRPF 6th Bn. were present on the occasion.
Speaking during an impressive function, the Lt Governor emphasized on expanding and strengthening of healthcare facilities in J&K and highlighted various initiatives being taken by the Government to provide the best possible medi-care facilities to the people, particularly in the remote and border areas. Aimed at achieving the objective of extending the facilities of affordable healthcare to even the most relegated sections of the society; the Government has made functional new Government Medical Colleges and further, 2 AIIMS are being established in J&K, he maintained.
The Lt Governor underlined the importance of capacity building of the Nursing College through collaborations with the Nursing Institutions of repute for providing top quality nursing education to the students at the said institution. He called for exploring the opportunities of job placements for the passing-out students of the Nursing College for their better career prospects.
On the occasion, the Lt Governor gave away awards to the students who have excelled in academics and co-curricular activities during the past year. He also released October-December 2019 issue of Shrine Board’s Quarterly Newsletter ‘Trikuta’.
Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shiv Kumar Sharma, Member of the Shrine Board and Chairman of the Governing Body of the Nursing College, during his welcome address, highlighted the achievements of the College in academics and extra-curricular activities during the past one year.
A musical play on the life of Florence Nightingale performed by the students of the Nursing College was highly appreciated by the audience.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor, who is also the Chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, today inaugurated two Under-Graduate Hostel Blocks of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi College of Nursing (SMVDCoN) at Kakryal.
The Lt Governor had a round of the hostel buildings and inspected the facilities being provided to the students. He directed the CEO, SMVDSB to ensure adequate provision for harnessing rain water and solar energy in the newly constructed Hostel buildings. He also asked the CEO for taking up plantation at the available space around the Hostel buildings to make the campus green besides ensuring that all the buildings of the Board are environment-friendly. He further directed for providing library facility in the Hostel for the convenience of the students of the Nursing College, besides setting up a crèche in the Nursing College-Hospital area.
Later, the Lt Governor visited Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and inspected the functioning of various specialities and hi-end equipments including OPDs, Radiology, MRI and CT Scan, Pharma and Emergency facilities available in the Hospital.
While interacting with the doctors, patients and their attendants, the Lt Governor emphasised the need for providing highest standards of patient care at the hospital in sync with the emerging requirements.
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