Govt medical college hospital at Mundiampakkam: Ponmudy issued aJob orders

Villupuram, 19th Sept: Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy inaugurated the lift facility provided in the government medical college hospital at Mundiampakkam near here for the benefit of the patients on Sunday.

On the occasion, the Minister also issued job orders to 52 persons, appointed in various capacities to serve in the hospital, and 13 persons in the Revenue Department on compassionate grounds. The newly appointed hospital employees included 17 sanitary workers, 10 washermen, five cooks, one mortuary assistant and one ambulance assistant.

Mr. Ponmudy called upon the appointees to serve the patients with smiling face and humaneness as if they were treating their family members. He called upon them to create a situation in which the patients admitted to the hospital would be well taken care of, thereby, doing away with the necessity of referring them to other hospitals.

Now a reversal of trend was taking place in which cases from Puducherry were referred to the Villupuram government medical college hospital. The Minister recalled that the medical college and hospital were started after surmounting many difficulties, including legal tangle.

The Minister said the incumbent Karunanidhi government had lifted the ban on new recruitment and appointments on compassionate grounds and created lakh of jobs. Those appointed included eight Village Administrative Officers, four village assistants and one assistant to the Sub-Registrar's office.

Soon an announcement would be made about the future usage of the old government hospital buildings (since all the facilities have been shifted to the new hospital premises at Mundiampakkam), the Minister added. District Collector R. Palanisamy, Hospital Superintendent K.Thiagarajan, S.Pushparaj, MLA, and R.Janakaraj, Villupuram Municipal Chairman, participated.