Dr Manisha Shrivastava takes charge as BMHRC director

Written by Sanchari Chattopadhyay Published On 2023-07-28T13:45:43+05:30 | Updated On 28 July 2023 1:46 PM IST

Dr Manisha Shrivastava takes charge as BMHRC director

Bhopal: Dr Manisha Shrivastava has recently been appointed as director (in charge) of Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC). She will also serve as the head of the blood transfusion department at BMHRC.

After completing her six-year assignment as medical superintendent and HoD at AIIMS Bhopal, she recently returned to her parent institute. Previously Dr Prabha Desikan was serving as the Director of the institute.

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Dr Manisha has served as the secretary of the Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM) and has been instrumental to set up a state-of-the-art facility in central India with 100% blood components and apheresis facility in the year 2000 at Bhopal.

Her efforts have been awarded on various fronts as she has been the recipient of the International BBTS, Princess of Wales Memorial Award and Bursary 2002, ISBT Fellowship, 2006, awarded by the International Blood Transfusion Society, National ISBTI appreciation award 2007, H D Shourie award, awarded by Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology, ISBTI appreciation in 2011 for being the Chairperson of ISBTI MP Chapter.

She has organized two major national conferences and many CMEs under her leadership. She is an active researcher and reviewer for National and International journals and is on the National Advisory Board of the Asian Journal of Transfusion Science. She is also a nodal officer for the training of medical personnel in MP run by NACO since 2006. She is actively involved in student activities, institutional activities, awareness programs, and institutional publications.

As per a recent media report by Times of India, Dr Shrivastava stated that starting a medical college in BMHRC at the earliest and improving all the arrangements will be her priority.

While taking over as the Director in charge of BMHRC, Dr Manisha stated, "This organization of ours, together with its eight health units, is committed to providing high-level health care to the patients from primary health care to the main hospital. All the units are capable of providing basic investigations of blood tests and biochemical tests along with X-ray, ECG machines. All units have the unique facility of free drug delivery to both new and follow-up patients."

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She also informed that the Main Health Center is fully equipped to provide preventive, convalescent, curative, restorative, treatment along with emergency services to the patients. The 357-bed hospital has state-of-the-art Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology, Microbiology to meet the needs of patients. Moreover, The teaching facilities at BMHRC have grown in recent years and it is recognized as a Post Graduate Medical Education Institute, with this year being developed as an Undergraduate Medical Education Institute.

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Source : with inputs

Sanchari Chattopadhyay

Sanchari Chattopadhyay has pursued her M.A in English and Culture Studies from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. She likes observing cultural specificities and exploring new places.