Health facility is best in District Hospital Balodabazar
Balodabazar. This is another big achievement for the health department. District Hospital Balodabazar has received the National Quality Assurance Standards Certificate for better health facilities. Even before this, the district hospital has received the National Quality Assurance Standards Certificate.
In June 2024, a three-day test of the services being provided in the district hospital was conducted by a national level investigation team. This team included Dr. Subrajyoti Rao from Bhubaneswar, Dr. Rupendra Kumar from Lucknow and Ritu Nair from Delhi, who inspected and marked 15 departments of the hospital very closely. After the test, the district hospital finally met the said standards and the certificate was issued.
Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Rajesh Kumar Awasthi said that all preparations were made for this under the guidance of Collector Deepak Soni. National Quality Assurance Standards Certificate, also known as NQAS, is an evaluation system started by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to check the quality of services being provided in hospitals. Getting the said certificate by an institution reveals the improving facilities.
Under this NQAS, 8 areas of 15 departments like IPD, OPD, Emergency, Maternity, Labor, Pharmacy, Blood Bank, Radiology, Lab, OT, SNCU etc. were examined for testing in the district hospital, which are – service system, patient’s rights, input, support service, clinical service, infection control and outcome. Along with NQAS, the district hospital has also received the certificate of target, which is set for maternal and child health. According to the CMHO, the team that came for inspection has praised some departments of the hospital like Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU), Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC) and Emergency the most. The most special achievement of a hospital is the better facility given to the patient in emergency situation. In such a situation, the inspection team also praised the emergency system. The emergency service got 98.88 out of 100, SNCU got 95.48 and NRC got 94.86 marks. The entire district hospital has received 91.92 marks.
