NEW DELHI: Gearing up for the third wave, Jamia Millia Islamia’s executive council (EC) plans to set up a Covid Care Centre on the campus for its staff. The council has also decided to employ experts to prepare a feasibility report to develop a medical college and hospital.
Speaking to TOI, vice-chancellor Najma Akhtar said, “The Covid Care Centre will come up at our health centre. It will have doctors who will provide preliminary healthcare services to our staff and their family. The decision was taken after many staff and faculty members lost their lives as they failed to get health facilities in the initial stages of the infection.”
Akhtar said a medical college and hospital has been a dream of many VCs in the past. “My first announcement, too, was that Jamia will realise this.”
The VC said that she had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was promised that steps would be taken in this direction, but then the pandemic happened. “The EC has asked for a feasibility report, which will entail details on the timeline and funds required for the project.”
Akhtar said she had also prepared such feasibility reports in the past. “We will ask professionals from medical colleges, government and private individuals to prepare a report. We also have a plot adjacent to the campus, which we want to bring under our control.”
The VC said that a committee was also prepared in the past for the project, but failed to give any positive output.
