Assessment of all the pathologies in district hospitals and Government run medical colleges was launched today with five district hospitals on first day. The team comprising Government of India appointed officials, Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) and Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM) along with District Hospital officials took a dig of Jamtara, Jamshedpur, lohardaga, Palamu and Khunti District Hospital’s pathologies, and Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) pathologies on Monday.
“The aim of the drive which is started to finish assessment of all 24 district hospitals and three medical colleges by January 20, is to scrutinise the modus operandi of pathology centres, apparatus availability and their functionality in pathology, competence of pathologists and other things. A detailed report will be prepared about all of them and will be sent to central government,” said RIMS Director and IAMM Secretary Bl Sherwal on Monday.
Sherwal said that the team sent by Government of India in Jharkhand for this assessment comprised nine members, mostly medical professionals from different institutions. “Those members have been separated to be the part of teams visiting to district hospitals. Each team is having Microbiologists and Pathologists of all three government-run medical colleges of the State and local district medical officials other than at least one member of the central team,” said Sherwal.
The assessment is the part of initiative taken by central government to assess pathologies of entire country and necessary steps needed to be taken to improve their present situation so that their functionality improved. Notably, not only Jharkhand but pathology laboratories of many States have remained on the receiving end in terms of quality of service they have to offer to patients coming to them. Quality of apparatus and competence of pathologists have remained in question since some years, due to various reasons. This assessment seeks to find out reasons behind it and efforts to be taken to cure pathology centres.
“Every State has to carry out such survey, so that compatibility of pathology centres could be enhanced,” said Sherwal, who has admitted many times in the past that there were so many things to be done in terms of infrastructure in district hospitals, especially in pathology centres.
Sherwal also said that a training session will be organised for pathology workers and doctors after the assessment of all 24 district hospital and medical colleges’ pathology centres was over on January 20. He said that renowned private pathologies will also have to go through similar assessment in later stages.