Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das on Thursday asked officials of his department to talk to patients over telephone and enquire about the health services they are availing in various Government hospitals.
Inaugurating a Chief District Medical Officers’ (CDMOs) conference here, the Minister directed the CDMOs to start working in this regard.
“As per announcement made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Mo Sarakar programme will be implemented from the coming Gandhi Jayanti. Accordingly, patients’ opinions on health services will be collected from different Government hospitals. This will be done under the direct guidance of the department Secretary Dr Pramod Kumar Meherda,” said the Minister.
He told the CDMOs that a team of officers has been formed to oversee the Mo Sarkar programme in the department. He said necessary steps would be taken basing on the opinion and complaints of patients. The CDMOs should take responsibility for conducting the programme, he said.
The CDMOs discussed different programmes like Niramaya for free distribution of medicines, Nirmala for undertaking sanitation in hospitals, Sunetra for free eye treatment and Digital Dispensary in detail.
The Minister asked CDMOs to ensure that patients get free medicines under the Niramay scheme. In case unavailability of medicines in the Government store, medical authorities will purchase those medicines from open market and provide them to patients. Budgetary provision has been made and all Government medical colleges and hospitals have provided funds for the purpose, he said.
The CDMOs were also asked to take steps for distribution of monetary supports to patients under the Janani Surakshya Yojana.
Among others, National Health Mission Director Shalini Pandit, State Medical Corporation MD Yamini Sarangi and Joint Secretary Guha Punam Kumar were present.