SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Jan 17: Paramedical students today protested and held a massive demonstration at Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital SNMMCH) Dhanbad, Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) Ranchi and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Hospital (MGMMCH) Jamshedpur against 15 days training programme of the health department.
The Paramedical Staff Association and Paramedical students of the three medical colleges said that giving a Diploma certificate to Lab Technician and X-ray technician certificate after providing 15 days’ training is a fake training course and it must be stopped immediately.
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The agitating students said on the directive of the health minister, the director-in-chief of health has started such a course for the contractual staff. The Paramedical Staff Association and Paramedical students would continue agitation against this back door policy of the health department.
“We get admission to medical college through the JCECEB. After two years’ course and one year internship we get a diploma certificate. Thereafter, we are registered with the Jharkhand State Paramedical Council. But these contractual staff are being given this certificate only on 15 days’ training. It is illegal,” said Raju Mahto, secretary of the Jharkhand Paramedical Association.
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After holding demonstrations simultaneously at three old medical colleges, Paramedical staff and students also sent a memorandum to the chief minister, the chief secretary and the health secretary to stop this illegal practice.
