After receiving various complaints on the functioning of Mohalla clinics, Delhi Chief Minister on Tuesday made a surprise visit in Kondli clinic and directed PWD and health officials to redress problems.
Incidentally, CM Kejriwal received complaints at Janta Samvad .
He checked the medicine availability registers and pulled up the officials of the health department over the non-availability of some medicines at the clinic.
Health department was also pulled up over tests not being done at the centre.
Kejriwal was accompanied by the Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officials of Health and PWD. The local MlA Manoj Kumar was also present during the visit.
“Unhappy over the state of affairs at the clinic, the Chief Minister called a meeting immediately after the visit with the concerned Minister and secretaries of the concerned department in his office,” said Delhi government's spokesperson.
Further, Kejriwal directed the health secretary to take immediate measures to ensure availability of all medicines with immediate effect, tests to start immediately at the centre.
The official ensured the CM that all the directions would be complied with immediately.
The PWD has been directed to install the air conditioning system and repair the main door of the centre immediately, to which the department ensured that they would execute it immediately.
Notably, decision was also taken in the meeting to install CCTV Cameras inside the clinics to monitor the upkeep of the centre and proper functioning.
The Chief Minister, along with Health Minister, Health department officials and PWD officials, would meet the Doctors of all the Mohalla Clinics in the next week and discuss the status of the clinics and if they were facing any problem.