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To ensure quality healthcare services to the people till the new recruitments are made, the Civil Surgeons across Punjab have been directed to carry out rationalization of the employees of the Department deputed in the districts.
Issuing these directions while presiding over the maiden meeting of all Civil Surgeons on Wednesday, the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Vijay Singla said that the State Government is committed to provide quality healthcare facilities to the people of the State.
Expeditiously working in this direction, Dr Vijay Singla instructed the Civil Surgeons to ensure timely attendance of the officers and other staff so that no patient or his relative would face any difficulty.
“Civil Surgeons should furnish lists of required medicines in the hospitals to the headquarters at the earliest so that all the medicines could be made available to the people through the government dispensaries,” he directed. He also instructed that efforts for further enhancement of institutional delivery in government hospitals should be made besides increasing antenatal check up registration of pregnant ladies and make arrangements for safe delivery of high risk pregnant women.
Stressing upon improving the referral system, Dr Singla directed that patients should only be referred in case of emergency and pay special attention to the maintenance of oxygen plants so that patients do not face any problem during an emergency.
The Minister directed to further improve the functioning of the health institutions, emphasizing on the need to pay special attention to the maintenance and cleanliness of the government health institutions.
He also directed that Civil Surgeons should visit health facilities under their jurisdiction from time to time and to rectify the shortcomings found during visit.