In a review meeting convened on Thursday, lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung stressed on the need to improve patient care and out patient department (OPD) facilities in city hospitals. Jung went through the inspection reports of the various teams of Delhi Government officials who had visited hospitals in Delhi.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, Secretary (Health), Secretary (Finance), Secretary (PWD) and representatives from several Delhi hospitals. Jung also constituted a committee under the chairpersonship of Finance Secretary with Health and PWD Secretary as members. He further directed the committee to adopt the lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital and the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. “The committee must ensure improvement in the functioning and upkeep of these hospitals within the next one month so that they become model hospitals in the Capital. Facilities like drug availability, sanitation, security and infrastructure of these hospitals must be ensured,” read a statement released from Jung’s office.
Meanwhile, Jung also directed inspection teams to adopt the hospitals visited by them and to oversee the implementation of their suggestions for improvement of these hospitals. Further, he directed the Health Secretary to ensure that the private hospitals in National Capital Territory comply with the court’s direction to reserve 10 per cent of their in-patient department capacity and 25 per cent OPD for free treatment of poor patients, a Press statement issued by the l-G’s office said.