This story is from May 16, 2021

Emergency medicine dept to soon come up at MLNMC

A new ‘Emergency Medicine Department” will be established at Motilal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC) soon and would start functioning from the next academic session itself in view of the fact that students enrolling in MBBS course from session 2022-23 will also have to study ‘Emergency Medicine’ as a subject as stipulated by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
Emergency medicine dept to soon come up at MLNMC
A medical worker inoculates an old man with a dose of Covid vaccine at Colvin Hospital in Prayagraj on Saturday
PRAYAGRAJ: A new ‘Emergency Medicine Department” will be established at Motilal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC) soon and would start functioning from the next academic session itself in view of the fact that students enrolling in MBBS course from session 2022-23 will also have to study ‘Emergency Medicine’ as a subject as stipulated by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
The college authorities have already sent a proposal to the state government for getting approval in the regard.

“We have prepared a detailed proposal and the same has been sent to the state government for their final approval. We have also requested sanctioning of new posts for this proposed department in the MLN Medical College,” said principal, MLN Medical College, Dr SP Singh.
The principal further informed TOI that students enrolling in MBBS course from session 2022-23 will also have to study ‘Emergency Medicine’ as a subject as stipulated by the National Medical Commission (NMC) — the regulatory body that governs medical education and medical professionals in the country.
Noting the importance of the field of Emergency Medicine, National Medical Commission (NMC) had made this new department mandatory for all medical colleges functioning in the country from 2022-23 academic session. It had also issued a notification in this regard on October 19, 2020, laying down the particular manpower and equipment requirement, etc., so that the medical colleges could take necessary steps in this regard.
As part of the exercise to set up this new department, facility of 30 additional beds would be added to MLNMC, including six beds having intensive care unit (ICU) facilities.

One operation theatre and one plaster room would also be part of this new department, he explained.
SRN Hospital, an associated hospital under MLN Medical College, presently has 1,400 bed capacity besides having its own trauma centre and several facilities of the college are being revamped and increased, especially in view of the anticipated third wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
One post each of professor, associate professor and assistant professor has been sought by the MLNMC administration so that proper teaching work can be undertaken for this proposed Emergency Medicine department.
At present, the MLN Medical College has 12 departments including Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pulmonary Medicine, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Social and Preventive Medicine and ENT.
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