Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said that to ensure safety of the radiologists, X-Ray rooms would be constructed according to the prescribed norms of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers(NABH) in the State. The Health Minister presided over a meeting of office bearers of Radiologist Association here. He said that the rays emanating from X-Ray machines could affect the health of the employees. He further said that to deal with the problem of shortage of radiologists in the State, models of other States would be studied. Also, a control room would be set up at state headquarters where reports of tests conducted at other hospitals would be studied and later, these would be sent back to hospital the concerned.
This would not only help in providing appropriate medical treatment to patients but would also help in checking the shortage of radiologists. Also, there is a plan to initiate tele-reporting of MRI, CT-Scan, ultrasound and X-Ray machines, he said. The Minister said that to provide more facility to the doctors and employees, residential quarters would also be constructed within the hospital complexes. The process of getting accreditation of NABH has been initiated for 84 hospitals of the State, under which, there is an arrangement to have residential houses for doctors and employees within the hospital complex, he added. During the meeting, he assured the Radiologist Association that their other demands would be considered within one month.