Health Research Centre
IN a conference participated in by scientists, research scholars and medical
doctors the other day, the Dean of the Institute of Medicine said that there had been
thinking about making the organiser of the meet, TUTH (Tribhuvan University Teaching
Hospital) a regional health research centre of Asia by stepping up academic research
works. The need to establish such a medical research centre has long been felt within the
country. More so among the highly trained professionals who, in an absence of such a
centre, have not been able to carry out researches that, in turn, could be beneficial to
both the country and the region. In fact, it is an open secret that the nation is losing
its cream of highly educated professionals in different fields of endeavour every year
simply because of the glaring absence of such a research centre within the country. This
trend is not only unfortunate, but is also a drain in the nation’s meagre resources.
For, it does take a substantial amount of time and money for the nation just to produce a
scientist, research scholar or a medical doctor, leave alone in providing further training
to such a professional to hone his/her skills so that he/she can engage in research works.
As such, as and when highly trained professionals opt to vote with their feet, the nation
as a whole is left much the poorer. Hence, if the nation is to derive benefits from the
heavy investments it has made in producing these high-calibre professionals, then it looks
to reason for the concerned authorities to provide firm foundation to the idea of coming
up with a well-equipped health research centre.
As all those who have worked in such institutes abroad will aver,
establishing a well-equipped health research centre alone will not suffice. To give it a
distinct identity, direction and vision, it needs a corpus of highly motivated team of
scientists, research scholars and medical practitioners. As regards attracting highly
motivated professionals to man the centre, the nation, compared to other developing
nations, is said to be in an advantageous position in that it does have a large pool of
highly trained professionals working at home and abroad. In order to attract the best
brains working at home or abroad to the centre, the concerned authorities should and must
not only provide them with the best incentives but also with world-class facilities.
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