Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that a health circuit of all the medical colleges and hospitals and district hospitals of the state should be created so that patients can be shifted from one hospital to another as per the need. This will not put much pressure on patients in any one hospital. For this, it is necessary that better treatment facilities should be available in all hospitals.
The CM was holding a high-level review meeting with the officials of the Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department today. He said that the government is committed to providing better health facilities to the people in the state itself. The CM also held an important meeting with the concerned officials regarding the re-development plan and traffic system of the capital Ranchi.
The CM directed the officials of the Health Department that all government hospitals in the state should be functional 24 × 7. In this direction, doctors and paramedical personnel should always be available in the hospitals so that whenever the patients come, their treatment can be ensured. He also directed the Community Health Center and District Hospitals to take initiative towards providing better and state-of-the-art facilities.
The CM directed the officials to provide the services of specialist doctors in all the district hospitals. He said that steps should be taken to ensure such arrangements in community health centres as well. He said that having specialist doctors in district hospitals will also help in relieving patients from being unnecessarily referred to medical college hospitals.
The CM said that complaints of mismanagement in hospitals are often received through various mediums. Patients coming to hospitals for treatment have to face many kinds of problems. Some patients are not able to get beds in hospitals, while others face inconvenience in getting tests done. There is a crowd of patients in OPD. To avoid such mismanagement in the hospital, strengthen and improve the hospital management, so that patients can get all the information related to treatment easily. Take the services of professionals for better management of hospitals.
The CM took information from the officials about the progress of construction work of five new medical colleges and hospitals in the state. He said that all these hospitals should be made fully functional as soon as possible so that the system of referring patients to RIMS or other big hospitals remains under control. He directed to take concrete steps for better functioning of community health centers located in remote and far-flung rural areas, so that rural patients do not have to go here and there for treatment of common diseases.
The CM gave instructions to improve the system of RIMS - The Regional Eye Institute under construction in the RIMS campus should start by February next year at any cost. OPD and investigation facilities of all departments should be made available in the same building. New and modern medical investigation equipment should be installed in the hospital. Scrap old and outdated equipment.
The appointment process of specialist doctors should be completed as soon as possible as per the need. Patients who have been successfully treated in RIMS and only need proper nursing and care, should be shifted to Sadar Hospital. This will provide relief to a great extent from the problems of beds and other problems for patients in the hospital. The departments in RIMS which have a heavy burden of patients should be shifted to Sadar Hospital. For this, Sadar Hospital should have all the facilities and arrangements for treatment.
Appropriate steps should be taken to remove encroachment in RIMS. Entry of unwanted elements should be stopped in RIMS campus. Improve the security system here.
The CM also held an important meeting with the officials of the Road Construction Department and Ranchi Municipal Corporation regarding the re-development plan of the capital Ranchi and the increasing traffic pressure and the steps being taken to get rid of it. He gave many important instructions to the officials towards making Ranchi beautiful and smart. He said that we all have to make joint efforts for a clean and green Ranchi. Initiatives should also be taken to ensure the participation of common people in this. On this occasion, the Road Construction Department gave information about the construction of new flyovers and roads in Ranchi along with the plan of inner and outer ring road through a powerpoint presentation. The Commissioner of Ranchi Municipal Corporation was instructed to visit the city regularly so that information about cleanliness and the reality of encroachment can be obtained and concrete steps can be taken to solve it.
The CM instructed that the work of repair, strengthening and widening of the roads of the capital Ranchi should be completed expeditiously. Encroachment should be removed by running a campaign in the capital Ranchi. There should be a strong arrangement of street lights on the roads and streets. Municipal corporations should provide the best possible service to the people of Ranchi. Pay special attention to the cleanliness of Ranchi city, there should not be heaps of garbage and dirt on the sides of the roads.
The CM asked to plant trees on the dividers of the roads. Do not make the dividers a concrete wall. Implement any arrangement while assessing the utilities. In view of the cold, ensure the arrangement of bonfires at the squares and intersections and distribution of blankets among the poor.
Chief Secretary Alka Tiwari, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Avinash Kumar, Principal Secretary of Health Department Ajay Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of Urban Development Department Sunil Kumar, Secretary K. Srinivas, Mission Director, NHM Abu Imran, MGNREGA Commissioner Mrityunjay Kumar, Municipal Commissioner of Ranchi Municipal Corporation Sandeep Singh, Director- Urban Administration Satyendra Kumar, Director of RIMS Dr. Rajkumar, Director- Health Services Dr. C.K. Shahi and other officers were present.
