Directives have been given to all health centres to start pathology test service for patients in the running month. For this, fiscal powers have been vested in Chief Medical & Health Officers and Block Development Officers. Meanwhile, Principal Secretary, Secretary, Commissioner and Director Health have completed tour of all 50 districts.
After completion of first phase of campaign to improve health services underway for last one year, the second phase of Village Health Campaign will be launched. In the second phase, attention will be paid to free medicines and free pathological tests, food for admitted patients and increase transportation facility besides Mamta and Kayakalp Abhiyan.
Principal Secretary Health has directed for implementation of 30 points for improving health services to provide benefits to patients. During their tour of districts, higher officers of the Health Department also expected action on these 30 points, which mainly include that doctors remain at the headquarters, operating OPD for providing better services by health workers, doing emergency duty, discharge of liability on calling experts, adoption of one development block each by civil surgeons and Chief Medical and Health Officers, tour of villages by Sector Medical Officers, performing surgeries of patients as per requirement, keeping informed about mobile phone numbers of workers and multi-purpose health workers at every health centre, not sending ordinary maternity cases to medical colleges, deployment of minimum one staff nurse and 2 health workers, ensuring better arrangements for checking of medicines and meals and maintaining hygiene and safety. Besides, directives have also been given to provide all facilities to patients for reducing maternal and infant mortality rate.
Instructions have also been given to start evening OPD, maintaining OPD register, ensure vaccination as per time-table as far as possible, awarding staff for excellent work, action against erring staff every month and reviewing infrastructure and construction works under National Rural Health Mission.