The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has claimed that during the internal assessment of Government hospitals in all 51 districts of Madhya Pradesh as part of the ‘Kayakalp Abhiyan’, the performance has improved.
The Kayakalp Abhiyan was inaugurated by Union Minister for Health JP Nadda in the June and was initiated in the State in July, said NRHM Director Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.
After self assessment of hospitals under 6 subjects hospitals would be scrutinised on 250 points State level and based on the assessment the top ranking hospital would be awarded with Rs50 lakh, hospital second in the list would be awarded with Rs20 lakh and those on the third position would be provided with Rs3 lakh in the form of incentive.
Bhopal stood at seventh position in the tally scoring marginally above 70 and obtained 70.8 per cent. Shivpuri topped the chart with 80.4 per cent while Khandwa and Satna shared the second position with 78 per cent. The district hospitals which made to the list were Shivpuri, Khandwa, Satna, Shahdol, Bhind, Khargone, Bhopal and Datia.
Kidwai claimed that during the Abhiyan, significant change was witnessed as the doctors and employees of the hospitals were filled with enthusiasm to deliver their best to make place among the winners.
He stated that the patients would be provided infection free atmosphere, the time taken to admit patient would be reduced, less use of antibiotic would be done and potable water would be made available for the patients.
In the first and second phase in the internal assessment 37 district hospitals scored above 70 per cent. For the peer assessment 14 district hospitals managed to score above 70 per cent and in the last and final state level assessment only 8 made to the list.