Lucknow: The board of governors of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, at a meeting chaired by chief secretary SP Goyal on Thursday, approved purchase of 16,603.34 square metre land from the LDA near the institute’s Shaheed Path campus for the construction of 350-bed trauma centre.
In-principle approval was given to purchase 3,176 sqm of Prasar Bharati land near the institute’s main campus in Gomti Nagar. Another proposal to start hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery at the institute was approved.
The meeting approved a proposal to fix the retainership fee of standing counsel at Rs 15,000 and the argument fee at Rs 5,000 per working day. The board approved appointment of one assistant professor (radiopharmacy) and two radiopharmacists to strengthen the nuclear medicine department. A scientist (grade-II) post was sanctioned in the forensic medicine and toxicology department. An institutional small research grant scheme will be started at the institute for students. The proposal to launch the institute’s official research journal was approved.