GMCH 1st in state to start DM course in neonatology

  • | Tuesday | 24th April, 2018

Aurangabad: The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has received the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to start its first super-speciality course. Following which the state government and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) gave their consents for the super-speciality course after on-ground inspections.The approval of state and MUHS was followed by a lot of documentation. “At our neonatology intensive care unit (NICU), we work with premature babies, difficulties in delivery, birth defects and the care required for children for the first 30 days. “The MCI conducted one inspection each in 2017 and 2018 at the hospital to check the availability of faculty, medical facilities and ICU equipment needed for the course after which it gave the approval,” Deshmukh said. With the sanction by national regulators, the hospital has become the first state-run medical college with a super-speciality doctorate of medicine (DM) course in neonatology.Kanan Yelikar, GMCH dean, confirmed on Tuesday that the MCI has approved one seat for the course.Elaborating on the process of applying for the course, LS Deshmukh, the head of the department of neonatology, said, GMCH had applied for the course in July 2017.

Aurangabad: The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has received the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to start its first super-speciality course. With the sanction by national regulators, the hospital has become the first state-run medical college with a super-speciality doctorate of medicine (DM) course in neonatology.Kanan Yelikar, GMCH dean, confirmed on Tuesday that the MCI has approved one seat for the course.Elaborating on the process of applying for the course, LS Deshmukh, the head of the department of neonatology, said, GMCH had applied for the course in July 2017. Following which the state government and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) gave their consents for the super-speciality course after on-ground inspections.The approval of state and MUHS was followed by a lot of documentation. “The MCI conducted one inspection each in 2017 and 2018 at the hospital to check the availability of faculty, medical facilities and ICU equipment needed for the course after which it gave the approval,” Deshmukh said. A letter of permission is expected from the central government and the course is expected to commence from August 2018.“This super-speciality course is available at some of the privately-run medical colleges, but it is for the first time that a government medical college in the state will run the course,” Deshmukh informed.Detailing about the course, Deshmukh said that the healthcare of less than a month old infants will be studied in detail under the course. “At our neonatology intensive care unit (NICU), we work with premature babies, difficulties in delivery, birth defects and the care required for children for the first 30 days. Paediatrics broadly deals with children,” he explained.“The candidates with postgraduate in paediatrics (MD paediatrics) will be eligible for the course and the candidate will be selected through NEET,” Deshmukh said.The faculty will comprise of associate professor Amol Joshi and assistance professor Atul Londe along with Deshmukh.

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