Ludhiana September 9-(Harminder Singh KITTY) Punjab Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh today said that the department has suspended three officials posted at the local Civil Hospital, who were found guilty of negligence during treatment of an accident victim.
Condemning the entire incident during his visit at Civil Hospital here, the Minister said that zero-tolerance would be adopted against any kind of negligence on the part of health officials during treatment of patients and stern action would be taken against those found guilty. Reiterating commitment to providing top class healthcare services across all government institutions, Dr. Singh said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab government has been laying special emphasis on Secondary Healthcare establishments including District Hospitals, Sub Divisional Hospitals, and Community Health Centers.
He was accompanied by MLAs Ashok Parashar Pappi, Daljeet Singh Grewal, Madan Lal Bagga, ADC (General) Gautam Jain, SDM Dr Harjinder Singh, Civil Surgeon Dr Hatinder Kaur, besides, several others.
He further mentioned that Ludhiana Civil Hospital soon would have a new Intensive Care Unit with life support system as part of this drive to boost healthcare infrastructure at district hospitals, adding that the government was all set to fill as many as 1800 vacant posts to tackle manpower shortage at government hospitals. These posts include doctors, nurses, and other paramedic staff so that patients get best of the services at government hospitals, he added.
The minister mentioned that an earlier shortage of specialist doctors was also sorted out in Ludhiana by appointing new doctors for the district. Replying to a query about the shortage of a few medicines, Dr. Singh said that, earlier, these medicines were supplied by the Central government, but they had suspended the supply, following which the state government had to float tenders and follow other processes to procure these medicines, which has now been completed and medicines are disbursed amongst all the hospitals to ensure that there is no dearth of medicines.
Later, the Minister held a comprehensive meeting with the officials of district administration and health department wherein he asked the officials to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) for government hospitals which would be implemented across all the government hospitals to prevent such incidents in future. Meanwhile, he also interacted with the general public and took their valuable feedback to further improve healthcare services at the Civil Hospital besides issuing on the spot directions to officials concerned.
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* – Case of using negligence in treatment of accident victim – *
*Three officers of Civil Hospital suspended by Health Department – Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh*
*- said ! Punjab Government is committed to providing high-quality health services in government hospitals*
*- More than 1800 vacancies will be filled soon to fill up the shortage of staff in hospitals*
*- S in government hospitals to ensure world class treatment of patients. Aww. P. Will be implemented*
Ludhiana, 9 September (000) –
Health Minister Punjab Dr. Balbir Singh informed that the department has suspended three officers posted at a local civil hospital, accused of negligence while treating an accident victim.
Condemning the overall incident during his visit to Civil Hospital, the Cabinet Minister said any negligence of health officials during treatment of patients will not be tolerated and strict action will be taken against the accused officers/staff. Dr reiterating his commitment to provide high quality health services in all government hospitals. Balbir Singh said the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is giving special privileges to secondary healthcare centers including district hospitals, sub-divisional hospitals and community health centers.
MLA Ashok Prasar Puppy, Daljit Singh Grewal, Madan Lal Bagga, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Gautam Jain, S. D. Em. Dr. Harjinder Singh, other than civil surgeon Dr. Hitinder Kaur were present.
They said a new intensive care unit (I) with life support system will soon be set up in Ludhiana Civil Hospital as part of a campaign to boost healthcare infrastructure in district hospitals. C. U. ) Established, he said the government is fully keen to fill 1800 vacancies to fill the manpower shortage, these vacancies include doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff to enable patients get better services in government hospitals.
The cabinet minister said that the earlier shortage of specialist doctors in Ludhiana was also resolved by the appointment of new doctors for the district. In response to a question asked about the shortage of some medicines Dr. Balbir Singh said that, earlier these medicines were supplied by the central government, but they stopped the supply, after which the state government had to issue tenders and follow other procedures. The procurement of these medicines, which has now been completed and the medicines have been distributed in all hospitals to ensure there is no shortage of drugs.
Later the cabinet minister held a comprehensive meeting with district administration and health department officials in which the officers were given a standard operating procedure (S) for government hospitals. Aww. P. ) Said to prepare which will be implemented in all government hospitals to prevent such incidents in future. During this also interacted with the general public and issued on the spot guidelines to the concerned authorities in addition to taking their valuable feedback to improve health services at Civil Hospital.
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– Case of negligence in treatment of accident victim –
Three officers of civil hospital suspended by health department – Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh
– Said ! Punjab Govt committed to providing high-level health services in government hospitals
– More than 1800 vacancies will be filled soon to fill the shortage of staff in hospitals
– S in government hospitals to assure world class treatment of patients. Awwwww. P. Will be implemented
Ludhiana, 9th September:
Health Minister Punjab Dr. The department has suspended three officers deployed at a local civil hospital, who were found guilty of negligence during the treatment of an accident victim, Balbir Singh, informed.
Condemning the mass incident that took place during his visit to Civil Hospital, Cabinet Minister said that any kind of negligence of health officials will not be tolerated during treatment of patients and strict action against guilty officers/employees I will be brought. Dr. Reiterating his commitment to providing high-level health services to all government hospitals. Balbir Singh said the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is paying special attention to district hospitals, sub-divisional hospitals and community health centers including secondary healthcare centers.
On this occasion with MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi, Daljit Singh Garewal, Madan Lal Bagga, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Gautam Jain, S. D. M. Dr. Harjinder Singh, Civil Surgeon Dr. Apart from Hitinder Kaur, others were also present.
He added that Ludhiana Civil Hospital will soon have a new Intensive Care Unit with life support system as part of the campaign to promote health care infrastructure in district hospitals (I. C. U. )Will be established, he said the government is fully ready to fill 1800 vacancies to address the shortage of manpower, the positions include doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff, so that patients can provide better services in government hospitals.
Cabinet Minister said that the earlier shortage of specialized doctors in Ludhiana was also resolved by appointment of new doctors for the district. Dr in answer to a question asked about some drug shortage. Balbir Singh said that at first these medicines were supplied by the central government, but he stopped the supply, after which the state government had to issue tender and follow other procedures. Purchase of these drugs, which is now completed and distributed to all hospitals to ensure there is no shortage of drugs.
The cabinet minister later held a comprehensive meeting with district administration and health department officials, in which he asked officers to a standard operating processor for government hospitals (s. Awwwww. P. ) Said to prepare which will be implemented in all government hospitals to prevent such incidents in future. During this time he also interacted with the common people and issued guidelines to concerned authorities in addition to taking valuable feedback to improve health services in civil hospital.