In a review meeting of health department officials at Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Family Welfare, AYUSH and Yunani, Science and Technology, Sugarcane Development and Sugar Industry, Surendra Singh Negi directed the officials to draft the provisions of the Clinical Establishment Act so that it could be implemented in the State.
The minister also directed the officials to give the benefit of DACP to the doctors of the state so that they are benefited. On the vacant posts in the department Negi asked the senior officers to ensure that these posts are filled by outsourcing as soon as possible. He said that three posts of technologists in the department should be constituted so that they are posted one each in Garhwal division, Kumaon division and directorate. The minister said that the process of appointments for lab technologists should be completed soon. To remove the shortage of medical equipments he said that procurement of machines like MRI and CT scan should be done so that the more facilities are provided to the people of the state.
The minister also discussed the administrative set up of the department and got information about the posts like Pharmacists, nurses, drug inspector, food security officer and class III and class IV posts. He ordered that the posts which are approved should be filled as soon as possible. The minister also discussed the modalities for setting up the screening camps along with surgical camps in the state. He said that these screening camps should be held at an interval of 6 months in the areas where the surgical camps are planned. Negi was of the opinion that these camps would be helpful in identifying the type of surgical camp in the area.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Health Om Prakash, additional secretary health B R Tamta, Director General Health Services Dr G S Joshi and Joint secretary health Atar Singh Chauhan.