'Ensure 10 minimum deliveries in PHC'

Collector Bhim Singh has instructed block medical officers (BMOs) to ensure minimum 10 institutional deliveries in each Primary Health Centre (PHC) every month and to make necessary arrangements for that at the earliest. He also warned the BMOs and ANMs of disciplinary action if they fail to achieve the target.

The collector issued the instruction at a meeting of District Health Committee held here recently. In the meeting it has been made mandatory that PHCs would function round the clock throughout the week. Collector Singh asked the officers present to prepare a separate list of hospitals and the institutional deliveries conducted there. He also asked them to formulate a proper working strategy for registration of pregnant women along with proper vaccination of the children. The BMOs and ANMs would be liable for strict action if there is any report of delivery conducted at home.

The collector entrusted the responsibility of monitoring the medicines and advice given to children under Mukhyamantri Baal Sandarbh Yojana to District Diet Consultant. He instructed to conduct inspection of children benefited under the scheme in March and April.The Combat Squad was asked to be prepared to stop spreading of water borne diseases during monsoon. Instructions were also issued for regularly conducting meetings of Jeevandeep Samiti, shifting of public medicine centre out of hospital by July 10 and constituting team of Red Cross Society. Besides, doctors were asked not to prescribe branded medicines to the patients.