Northeastern Council to set up institute for paramedical education

Updated on: Friday, August 06, 2010

The North Eastern Council (NEC) decided at a review meeting today that they will establish a Para Medical Institution for Paramedical Education in Nagaland under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

The review meeting of the NEC was chaired by Minster of Mines and Development of Northeast Region (DoNER) Bijoy Krishna Handique in New Delhi recently.

The institution will be established in the Regional Referral Hospital Campus in Nagaland where adequate land is available. The Regional Referral Hospital was funded by the Ministry of DoNER through its Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Fund.

The MOU between NEC and the Government of Nagaland will be formally signed on September 15, 2010. In the review meeting, Handique emphasized on the issue of a study on the Health Infrastructure Gaps in the North Eastern Region, which were also discussed.

NEC has approached Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCCL) under the Ministry of Health & Family welfare, Government of India to do a gap analysis of three aspects including Manpower, Referral Services and Health Infrastructure in the North Eastern Region.

The study will not cover the primary health sector but restrict itself to secondary and referral services. It was also decided in the meeting that NEC will conduct the study on the operationalization of assets in the Health Sector in the two states of Nagaland and Tripura.

The upgradation of the nursing college in Regional College of Nursing, Imphal was also discussed and it was decided that the NEC is going to sponsor students of the Downtown Hospital, which has started its health education facilities recently.

Handique further reviewed the status of the studies/action plans in various sectors of Vision 2020 for the North Eastern Region. The action plans for the Inland Waterways and Telecommunications sectors are ready for implementation.

The action plans for other sectors like Railways, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Border Trade and Power Transmission are also in the pipeline. The NEC has commissioned a master plan on Circuit-Based Tourism in NER by Tata Consultancy Services.

This study is being supported by the Ministry of Tourism. NEC is also funding a study commissioned by the Director General of Civil Aviation for a comprehensive study and road map for Civil Aviation in NER.

A study on the Border Trade by Research and Information System for Developing Countries has also been commissioned by NEC. In the power sector, NEC and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited have jointly funded the preparation of DPRs for strengthening of transmission, sub transmission and distribution systems in NER.

Handique hoped that the measures being taken would hasten the process of implementation of the action plans under Vision 2020. He urged for a better coordination between the Ministry of DoNER, North Eastern Council and the related line ministries and agencies.

Northeastern Council to set up institute for paramedical education

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