Govt directs for clearing ‘junk’ from hospitals
HoD's asked to implement criteria immediately
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government has devised a criteria for making the health care institutions as junk free and all heads of department of health and medical education department have been directed to implement the criteria immediately.
As per a circular, issued by Manoj Kumar Dwivedi Principal Secretary to the government Health and Medical all Heads of Departments of Health and Medical Education have been asked to check whether there is any junk material in patient care areas, in open areas, corridors and critical service areas.
The circular reads that has the hospital demarcated space for keeping condemned junk material or has hospital documented and implemented condemnation policy, it said.
The circular also says that has the hospital prepared a list of condemned and written off junk material and has hospital committee taken decision to condemn junk material.
“Accordingly, it is impressed upon all the Heads of the Departments of the Health and Medical Education Department to implement the aforesaid criteria in all healthcare Institutions on immediate basis, so the things that are considered to be unserviceable or un-repaired, can be removed from the Hospitals within two months in order to make all Healthcare Institutions junk free and achieve the target as prescribed in the deliverables within time,” it reads.
The order says that besides, it is also impressed that the authorities shall submit their action taken or compliance report in this regard to the Administrative Department, as per the prescribed deadlines. (KNO)
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