The Dehradun District Magistrate and head of the management committee SA Murugesan chaired a meeting of the governing committee at the Government joint hospital in Premnagar on Monday.
Issues pertaining to the present situation of human resources, the facilities available in the hospital and the administrative system were among the subjects discussed in the meeting.
In the meeting, the committee members were informed that 30 beds are approved for the community health centre where the same number of bed is available. At present, a need for a separate administration building is being felt, which is to be put to use for multiple purposes. On this subject, the district magistrate directed the officials concerned to submit a proposal to the state administration. During the meeting, recommendations were made for construction of tin-shed for patients and their relatives to shelter from sun-rain, placing pots and flower plants in the hospital compound with appointment of a part-time garderner to tend to them, work on tiles, potable water and separate toilets in the hospital. The district magistrate directed that regulations should be followed in getting the potable water tank in the hospital cleaned by the department concerned and getting any construction or repair work done. On the occasion, the district magistrate also inspected various wards in the hospital and issued directions for observation of suitable administrative and other managemental aspects. The tests related to various diseases and medicines should also be made available in the hospital as far as possible, he stressed. The deputy chief medical offier Dr Dayal Sharan, chief medical superintendent Dr Nutan Bhatt, chief treasurer Zameer Ahmed and other officials concerned were also among those present on the occasion.