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OUR GOVERNMENT IS FULLY COMMITTED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE: DR.VIJAY SINGLA

Updated on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 20:51 PM IST

WE WILL WORK HONESTLY AND DILIGENTLY; THERE SHALL BE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AGAINST CORRUPTION.

 DR. VIJAY SINGLA, CABINET MINISTER, HEALTH & F.W AND MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH, PUNJAB CHAIRS MAIDEN MEETINGS WITH SENIOR OFFICERS OF BOTH HIS DEPARTMENTS

 

Chandigarh 23 March, Desh Click News

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. 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. Sh Raj Kamal Chaudhuri, Principal Secretary Health, Sh Alok Shekhar, Principal Secretary, Medical Education, Sh Kumar Rahul, MD NHM, Sh Amit Kumar, Special Secretary Medical Education, Sh Bhupinder Singh, MD PHSC and Dr GB Singh, Director Health Services Punjab were among the senior most officers present there.

 

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 specialities.

 

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.

 

He also reviewed the functioning of Blood Banks and other related services. Dr Vijay Singla also gave directions to immediately ramp up the screening of diseases like Dengue, Malaria, and Chikungunya etc so that the department is able to contain its spread timely, well before the transmission season, and is not caught unaware. He further directed to conduct thorough review of each and every maternal death and ascertain the reasons behind it so that department may strengthen the relevant areas and save precious lives of mothers or children dying during deliveries.

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