Our government is fully committed to revolutionize the healthcare facilities: Dr.Vijay Singla
Chandigarh 23 March: Swinging into action, a day after taking over as Cabinet Minister of departments of Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education & Research, Dr. Vijay Singla here today chaired 2 back to back maiden meeting of the top brass of both these key department at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh.
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He took stock of the present scenario and reviewed the functioning of these departments in the presence of the senior officers and other Programme officers etc., who apprised the Health Minister about the status of works and facilities being provided to the community under their respective components.
During the meeting, Dr. Vijay Singla expressed his concern that there does not existed even a single Cath Lab in any of the Government Medical College in the state due to which patient of cardiac issues requiring immediate medical intervention are forced to go to private hospitals, who charge exorbitantly, while many others are forced to struggle in far located Govt. tertiary hospitals out of the state that already face heavy patient load.
He said he will take up on priority, the initiative to open Cath labs in the Government Medical Colleges at the earliest so that prompt life saving testing and treatment facilities could be made available to the people of Punjab.
He also emphasized to fill the shortage of doctors in the government health institutions on top most priority, without any delay. The Health Minister also directed the Department to recover the bond money from doctors who had resigned soon after completing their postgraduate without fulfilling the service conditions or depositing the requisite bond money. He asked officers to rationalize the bond requirement for different specialties.
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He reviewed the functioning of Ayushman Bharat Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana the scheme which entitles free medical insurance and free treatment in empanelled hospitals. The Health Minister pointed out the shortcomings and asked the officers to immediately rectify them and also arrange a detailed review & discussion about the scheme, in the next few days, on priority. He asked the officers of PHSC and other wings of the department to ensure that a fool proof system and transparent procurement policy is adopted so that the department is able to procure only good quality items including drugs, consumables etc and that too on competitive rates.
-PTC News
