Maintaining the necessary parameters in the hospital premises, be it hygiene or bio-medical waste management, the District Mahila Hospital has ranked first amongst the 13 such district hospitals of the State under ‘Kayakalp’ project of Swachta Abhiyan. A total of Rs 50 lakh as incentive has been received by the hospital out of which Rs 37 lakh has been sanctioned for the hospital up-gradation.
Clearing four rounds of inspection and transforming its entire infrastructure, the Mahila Hospital improvised to reach the status of number one in the State.
Speaking to The Pioneer, CMS Bhawani Pal said, “Under the aegis of Swachta Abhiyan, Kayakalp programme had been launched and we were given good score in improving sanitation, hygiene, bio-waste management, infection prevention, infrastructure development and general upkeep of the hospital during multi-inspection visits of the team by the centre.”
Mention worthy here that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India had launched Award to Public Health facilities–KAYAKAlP on 15 May 2015 under which each state had to do kayakalp (transform) its entire infrastructure. The objectives of the award scheme are to promote cleanliness, hygiene and Infection control practices in public health care facilities, to incentivise and recognise such public healthcare facilities that show exemplary performance in adhering to standard protocols of cleanliness and infection control.
The aim behind this exercise of the Government is to inculcate a culture of ongoing assessment and peer review of performance related to hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation and to create and share sustainable practices related to improved cleanliness in public health facilities linked to positive health outcomes.
In a meeting held at District Mahila Hospital on Monday, the district magistrate Harbans Singh Chugh directed the officials to enhance the facilities for which he sanctioned the expense proposals worth Rs 98 lakh. He also sanctioned Rs 10 lakh for the procurement of medicines.
The CMS Dr Bhawani Pal, Dr Maneesh Datta, Dr Meeta Shrivastav, Sumit Bhargava and the local MlA Madan Kaushik were present at the meeting.