Gariaband: The advice given by Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai in the Collector’s Conference is having an effect in some districts of the state. Gariaband Collector Deepak Agarwal reached the district hospital last night without any information. During this, he took stock of the health facilities in the hospital and enquired about the condition of the patients. At the same time, he expressed displeasure over finding the medicine shops closed.
According to the information, Collector Deepak Agarwal inspected various wards, store room, dressing room, OT and hospital premises of the hospital for about an hour and took stock of the health facilities. He took information about the health facilities being provided in the district hospital from the doctors present on duty. Also, by asking for the duty chart, he also got information about the presence of doctors present on duty. He said that better health facilities should be provided in the district hospital, so that the patients do not face any kind of problem. He instructed to put the emergency duty chart in front, so that people can get information easily. During this, the collector went to the male and female wards of the hospital and enquired about the condition of the admitted patients. Also, he also took information from their family members about the treatment arrangements and availability of doctors. Apart from this, he also asked about the food given to the admitted patients.
During the inspection, Jan Aushadhi Kendra and Dhanvantari Medical Store were found closed at night. The collector expressed displeasure over this. Also, when the medicines were found in a disarray in the store room, he expressed displeasure and instructed to organize them. During this, SDM Rakesh Golchha, Dr. Harish Chauhan and other staff were present.
Collector Agarwal expressed displeasure over the dirt spread in the hospital premises and instructed to clean it. Also, he instructed to clean the grass grown around the corridors. He instructed to keep the toilets clean so that the patients do not have to face the chaos.
The collector instructed to put 2 doctors on duty at night in view of the number of patients in the district hospital. So that patients can get better health facilities even at night. He inspected the parking area and organized the parking.
The collector also observed the NRC room. He also took stock of the health facilities being provided to the children admitted in the NRC, which is run for the treatment of severely malnourished children. The collector also took information about the security arrangements present in the hospital and instructed not to be negligent in the security of the hospital and the patients.
