The State Government has approved Rs43 crore for ensuring all round safety and maintenance of hygiene in all government hospitals.
This was stated by Health and Family Welfare Minister Amar Agrawal while chairing a meeting of his department officials here.He said that as per the directives of Chief Minister Raman Singh, the State government has decided to take up various programmes to ensure safety and hygiene in all government hospitals.The work would be carried out from the ‘Chief Minister Hospital Development Fund, Agrawal stated.
As per the decision taken in the meeting, tiles would be used for the flooring of the every district, civil, and community health centres. Besides each hospital will have boundary wall.For these works, Rs35 crore has been sanctioned and it was decided in the meeting to award the contract to Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation.
Besides an amount of Rs8 crore has been sanctioned for creating drinking water facilities in the hospital for patients and and others.Besides, approval was given for purchase of water cooler, water purifier, and fire extinguisher in the hospitals from this fund.