With a month left for launch of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s mass outreach programme “Mo Sarkar” (My Government), the State Government has instructed the Chief District Medical Officers (CDMOs) to ensure that people get desired healthcare services in the State-run hospitals.
Patnaik had on the Independence Day announced “Mo Sarkar”, under which he and other Ministers would call up people and seek their feedbacks about the functioning of hospitals, police stations and Government offices. The programme will be launched on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.
“We will make healthcare services more people-centric and seek feedbacks from patients undergoing treatment at Government hospitals to ensure better healthcare to people,” Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das said on Monday.
As part of the initiative, Das said teams would be formed under the supervision of the Health Secretary, who would have telephonic conversations with patients and take their feedbacks about health services provided to them. The programme would be initially implemented in all the District Headquarter Hospitals (DHHs), he said.
He said his department has appointed a joint secretary-level officer to monitor the cleanliness of hospitals under the Nirmal healthcare scheme. Senior officers would conduct surprise checks at hospitals to verify if the Government’s directions are implemented, he added.