Doctor’s mission gets extension

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He remains as unassuming as he had been and is just focused on his work. Dr Junaid Rehman, Superintendent of General Hospital, who was set to retire on March 31, is, however, happy that he has got time till October 18 to complete his 10-year-old mission of giving a modern face to the hospital that is sought by the middle class and poor people in and around the city.

The General Hospital what it is today owes it to Dr Junaid who with his untiring efforts brought a host of facilities to the hospital since 2002 when he assumed charge as its Resident Medical Officer.

“Thanks to the then District Collector Gyanesh Kumar who mopped up funds through various sources, the casualty, operation theatre, different ICUs, sophisticated labs and the CT scan unit could be housed in the new casualty block, spending Rs 7 crore, by 2004.

Using the Rs 1 crore buffer fund, we bought modern equipment,” explained Dr Junaid about his first initiative.

With Rs 10 lakh given by Rotary Club a burns unit was set up and the ortho ward was renovated spending Rs 16 lakh, again collected as donations. Using Rs 1 crore given by K.V.Thomas and Louid Louis, then MLAs, a new OP block was set up.

Then the OP block was extended using another Rs 1 crore given by K V Thomas from both his MLA and MP funds.

“As an RMO I was given a free hand by the four superintendents under whom I worked till 2010 before graduating into a superintendent.

An office complex could be set up using Rs 25 lakh given by NRHM. A mortuary complex was set up using Rs 4 lakh given by Nawab Rajendran and Rs 21 lakh from Sebastian Paul MP’s fund,” said Junaid.

Dr. Junaid considers the NABH accreditation the hospital received as the jewel in the crown.
He egged on BPCL to give Rs 10 lakh for the blood bank, secured Rs 10 lakh from the CSL for the palliative care unit and `8 lakh for the solid waste disposal unit.

Then P Rajiv MP joined BPCL to provide Rs25 lakh to set up the famed Oottupura at the hospital.
The Chief Minister’s hunger free Kerala programme is running at the hospital without interruption with CSL support.