The Public Works Department (PWD) and the Delhi police were on Thursday directed to upgrade medical infrastructure and improve the security of the Delhi government’s Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) campus, as per a statement from Raj Niwas.
The directions were issued at a review meeting called by the MAMC Dean and the Directors of Lok Nayak Hospital, G.B. Pant Hospital, and Guru Nanak Eye Centre Complex, all of which are located on the MAMC campus in central Delhi, and attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena, and Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh.
Issues related to the shortage of accommodation and the security of students and doctors were discussed at the meeting.
Dr. Poonam Narang, the Dean of MAMC, said the medical college, established in 1958 for 200 students, currently houses over 3,200 students.
The statement by Raj Niwas pointed out that the PWD, which had been directed to expand the accommodation facilities on the campus, was “unable to work on the project because the land meant for expansion had been captured by encroachers and land mafia”.
