In a move to provide the immediate medical and health care facilities to those villagers who are living in the sub-urban areas of Dehradun district, and to restrict the flow of Out Patients Department (OPD) to the district hospitals, State health department is planning to upgrade Herberttpur based health centre.
Officials told that the upgraded health centre would function round the clock in order to cater the medical and health related needs of the seriously ill patients. Additionally, special focus would be also laid down by the department for providing best and round the clock medical facilities to expecting mothers and road accident cases. The number of patients visiting Doon Group of Hospitals is reported to be increasing year after year after the hospital was upgraded with the latest medical equipments.
The Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) of the hospital is always hovers around 100 per cent thus forced the seriously ill patients to refer to other Government hospitals. Besides, the patients, who are refer from the remote areas of the district increases the tally of OPD, which hovers around 1500-1700 per day. Well established sources revealed that the pediatrician, gynecologist, orthopedic surgeon, dental surgeon, antitheist, ENT surgeon and other specialist doctors are likely to be appointed in the health centres, once the work of upgradation completes in the near future.
In an exclusive interaction with The Pioneer, Chief Medical Officer, Dehradun Dr Gurupal Singh informed that plans are in the pipeline for enhancing the medical and health facilities especially in the sub-urban areas of the capital city. He said that the health centre would be upgraded in order to provide best and round the clock medical and health facilities to those villagers who are living in remote areas of Dehradun district.
Dr Singh told that special focus would be laid down by the department for ensuring the round the clock medical and health facilities to expecting mother in order to improve mother and infant mortality rate in the district. After conforming that passing strict instructions to in-charges of community health centres, primary health centres, and health centres is the regular feature in the department, Dr Singh told that carrying surprise raids would be ensured to keep a tab on the medical officers and para-medical staff for ensuring their presence in the health centres.
He told that the number of beds in the community health centres was also increased from 30 to 60 beds with an aim not to refer seriously- ill patients to district hospitals.