The Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) and Chief Medical Superintendents (CMS) of the State Health department are not discharging their duties properly despite of the fact that they are an integral part of government.
The Health minister of Uttarakhand Surendra Singh Negi made this terse comment while reviewing the activities of the hospitals being run under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model at a meeting held at the Vidhan Sabha on Friday.
The minister ordered the CMSs and CMOs to make regular visits to hospitals which fall under their jurisdiction.
Speaking on the occasion Negi said, the 12 Community Health Centre (CHC) of the State are working under PPP model. He said that it is the duty of the doctors and managers of the CHCs under PPP to save the lives of the patients. Managers of these hospitals should ensure that surgeons, gynecologists, pediatricians and orthopedic specialists are there in all the CHCs, he added.
The Health minister said that doctors should be congenial to the patients and they should do all possible efforts to develop a proper system in these hospitals.
In the meeting Negi directed the officials of private players to stick to the provisions of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of PPP.
The minister said that the administrators of these hospitals should create such an environment in their hospitals so that there is no resentment among people. “The doctors of these hospitals should regularly meet the prominent people of the area and hold talks with them and public representatives after OPD sessions so that a mutual trust is established. This would also ensure the safety of doctors,” he added.
The minister directed the senior officers of the health department to provide facility of ultrasound and X ray at the CHCs where needed.
He said that the money provided by the State Government for health facilities in PPP mode hospitals should be utilized properly. Negi also ordered the senior health officials to ensure that salaries of the doctors of PPP mode are paid on time. The meet was attended by Secretary, Health department Bhupendra Kaur, Additional Secretary Niraj kherwal, Vimmi Sachdeva, Direcrtor general of health services Dr RP Bhatt and managers of the private players under PPP mode.