Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed for State level monitoring of availability of medicines in all medical college hospitals of the State. He instructed for online information about stock, use and remaining stock of medicines so that availability of medicines can be reviewed at State level any time.
Chouhan reviewed activities of Medical Education Department here on Monday. Medical Education Minister Narottam Mishra, Minister of State Sharad Jain and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa also attended the meeting.
The Chief Minister said that medicines should not fall short in hospitals in any case. laxity and negligence in this will not be tolerated. He directed to identify and take strict action against erring officials. He sought information about inspection of Sagar medical college by Medical Council of India. He was informed that all points raised in the inspection have been followed within time-limit.
On being informed about sanction of seven projects for excellent health services through medical colleges costing Rs659 core, the Chief Minister urged for constant follow-up and implement them by fixing timeline.
It was informed that medicines worth Rs28 crore were distributed to 22.72 lakh patients under Free Medicine Distribution Scheme last year and Rs15 crore medicines have been provided to over 13 lakh patients till date during current fiscal. Free pathological tests of 63 types are being conducted. Till September, 19.55 lakh people were provided this facility. Under Janani Express Yojana, total 71,000 institutional deliveries were registered including 46,800 last year and 24,200 this year.
Country’s second virology lab is being set up in Bhopal Medical College. The lab costing Rs24 crore will be operational by the end of current year. The lab will have facility to test samples of swine flu, dengue, HIV, Japanese Encephalitis, Ebola, Hepatitis etc. Modern facility has also been provided in the college for testing of cancer, heart, kidney, neuro diseases and bone marrow. As many as 7 dialysis machines have been installed in the medical college. Principal Secretary Medical Education Vinod Semwal, Secretary to CM Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary Finance Amit Rathore, Director Medical Education Patel and other senior officers also attended the meeting.