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Lack of funds affects construction of medical college in Belgaum

Staff Correspondent

Infrastructure remains incomplete Infrastructure works at BIMS remain incomplete

Belgaum: The Karnataka Land Army Corporation (KLAC), which has taken up construction of the first government medical college, `Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences' (BIMS), has allegedly slowed down the work for want of funds. Hence the infrastructure, which was supposed to have been completed in July or August, remains unfinished.

The Government has sanctioned Rs. 20 crore for buildings for the new government medical college. The KLA bagged the tender for Rs. 16 crore.

Review

However, BIMS Principal Gurumurthy told The Hindu that Deputy Commissioner Shalini Rajneesh had visited the college and reviewed the progress of work and promised to expedite it to compete work under the first phase at the earliest.

At present, a few rooms on the ground floor of the women's hostel have been occupied by the students. But the men have been accommodated at the Dhanvantri Hospital on the government hospital premises. The new men's hostel is likely to be completed within a month and the students would be shifted accordingly.

He said though there has been some delay in the completion of work in the first phase, he was keen on starting works proposed under the second phase to avoid any problem that may arise when the first batch would enter the second year. Another 100 students would be added to the first year during the next academic year 2007-08.

Dr. Gurumurthy said he had not compromised on the academic front and tried his best to get all the facilities and equipment for various laboratories and books for the library as available in any developed medical college. Even the quality of the faculty appointed here was much better, a fact even confirmed by students, he added.

However, a few more teachers need to be appointed in pre- and para-clinical subjects forming part of the second year syllabus. He had requested the Government to clear the approval for the posts, Dr. Gurumurthy said.

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