To provide security to the doctors as many as 1,730 home guards will be deployed in various government run hospitals of Haryana, Health Minister Anil Vij said on Monday.
The minister said Home Guards directorate has been given responsibility of providing fool-proof security to the doctors in hospitals, adding there will be no compromise on security of the doctors working in various hospitals of the state. Other measures like installation of additional CCTV cameras have been ordered in the government hospitals, he added.
The Health Minister said, “Earlier, I had directed to the director general of state health department to submit a proposal over deployment of home guards in hospitals. After reviewing the security concerns of doctors, the health department has sought deployment of 1, 730 home guards in hospitals from the state government. I have approved the said proposal and send to the chief minister for final approval".
The minister said increasing incidents of misbehaviour or attack on doctors is a matter of concern. “Earlier, private security personnel were deployed at government hospitals through outsourcing for the security of the doctors. Taking serious note of such incidents, we have decided to replace private security guards with home guards in the state,” he added.
The Director General (DG), Haryana Health Services Dr Satish Kumar Aggarwal said to provide better health services to the people, the state government has set up as many as 2643 sub-health centres, 513 primary health centres, 128 community health centres and 22 district hospitals in the state wherein as many as 2651 doctors have been deputed.
Recently a meeting regarding security of doctors was held at Secretariat and some guidelines were issued to the health department and home guards directorate. After reviewing the security concerns of the doctors involving district health departments, a proposal regarding deployment of home guards has been made and submitted to the state government for its approval, he added.