Citizens' body demands autonomy for Bhopal Memorial Hospital

A citizen's body has sought autonomy for the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) which caters to the victims of the Bhopal Gas tragedy.
"The quality of service rendered at the facility is fast deteriorating and also many doctors have quit the institute", Bhopal Citizen's Forum told reporters here last evening.
Its members Dr. N P Mishra and convenor A C Chandra said there was an urgent need to fill up vacant posts at BMHRC.
Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, a 350-bedded multi-specialty tertiary care centre, was started as per the directive of the Supreme Court to provide advanced tertiary level super-specialty care to the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy as well as to extend its services to the public at large.

"Even the supreme court had also stated that autonomy be granted to the institute", they said.
A similar apprehension was expressed by the 'Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangthan' convenor Abdul Jabbar that BMHRC may close down if remedial measures are not taken to revive it.