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Jayadeva institute losing sheen: Sindhia

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JULY 28. The Minister for Industries and Infrastructure, P.G.R. Sindhia, criticised the Government-run Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology. He termed the activities going on in the hospital as "scandalous".

Mr. Sindhia was speaking at the inauguration of the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory and the Hrudaya Spandana scheme at the St. John's Medical College Hospital here on Wednesday.

Without naming the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, he said: "The late Devaraj Urs had envisaged an exclusive hospital to treat patients with heart ailments, especially the needy. In 1983-84, during Ramakrishna Hegde's tenure as Chief Minister and when I was the Health Minister, the Government established a hospital for cardiac care." But lately, the institution had become disreputable, he said. Mr. Sindhia said the Yeshaswini Health Scheme, launched by the previous Government had benefited many persons and the Government planned to extend this scheme to other sections of people.

He called the judgement given by the Supreme Court in the seat sharing and fee structure issue in private professional colleges as "discouraging". About the confusion over college admissions, he said: "I had sanctioned many colleges but unfortunately most of them have become commercialised now".

Lauding the St. John's Medical College Hospital, Mr. Sindhia said the institute had been doing exemplary service of providing healthcare to the needy. "This is the only private medical college in Karnataka that does not take capitation fee from students," he said.

Cardiac Cath Lab

One of the highlights of the Cardiac Catheterisation laboratory was a fully digital cardiovascular imaging system, the GE Innova 2000, that would help in better diagnosis of heart ailments.

The machine had been acquired at a cost of Rs. 4 crore, Kiron Varghese, Professor of Cardiology at the hospital, said.

The Hrudaya Spandana scheme would help needy patients get cardiac treatment at a concession.

The Cardiology Department had set up a "Cardiology Poor Patients Fund" to support this scheme, he said.

Thomas Kalam, Director of St. John's Academy of Medical Sciences, Mary Olapally, of the academy and S.S. Iyengar, Head of the Department of Cardiology at St. John's Medical College Hospital, were present.

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