In a bid to improve the purchase system of medicines in Haryana, a software would soon be developed which would have complete information about inventory, warehouses and chain system of medicines.
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the software would also be helpful in utilising medicines before their expiry.
Vij while presiding over a meeting of officers of Health Department here said that this software would help in keeping a check on availability and quantity of every medicine in all warehouses. Therefore, only required medicines would be purchased and supplied.
Over the issue of Maggi noodles allegedly failing to meet food safety standards, the Minister said that samples of Maggi were sent to the laboratory at PGIMER to check the level of lead and MSG (monosodium glutamate) and its report has been received. In view of the people’s health, if required, 10 per cent of the samples would again be sent to some other laboratory to get these checked.
During the meeting, the Minister directed the officers to follow guidelines of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH) while carrying out any construction work in district hospitals.
He said that NABH guidelines would be followed even for carrying out any renovation in the existing buildings of hospitals. Implementation of this system would be a big achievement for the state, he added.
Vij said that in order to meet the shortage of doctors in the hospitals, an advertisement has been given in newspapers for filling up the vacancies of doctors and medical officers on contract basis under National Health Mission. Two committees have been constituted to finalize the recruitment process at the earliest, he added.