Sector 16 hospital to get dedicated ambulance service for senior citizens

The eighth executive body meeting of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav at Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, wherein several important issues were discussed and approved.

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It was decided by the committee members that as per the vision of the UT Administrator, dedicated ambulance service shall be started for senior citizens and bed-ridden patients. Also, a dedicated help desk shall be started for OPD, gynaecology and emergency ward.

It was also decided that six caretakers will be hired to help the patients without any attendants. The caretakers will help and assist the patients in wheelchair, getting their medicines and getting tests done.

The proposal for hiring Data Entry Operators for registration counters and providing 24-hour free treatment to all emergency patients at GMSH-16, currently being run on pilot basis, was also discussed. These services would be initiated after due approval of the governing body.

Prior to the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner, along with the senior officials of the Health Department, took a round of the hospital to make an on-the-spot assessment of healthcare services being provided to the patients. He visited the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Post-Natal Ward, Labour Room (CLR), Advanced Paediatric Centre and ‘proposed area’ for Emergency wing expansion.

Yadav interacted with the patients and staff. He focused on the cleanliness, availability of medicine, quality of diet, privacy of the patients, especially in the Labour Room, Emergency wing and post-natal wards. He appreciated the provision of cubicle curtains and partitions in GMSH-16.

The DC was apprised of the facility of tele-consultation services and consultation being carried out with tertiary care facilities like PGIMER, Chandigarh, for quality and need-based healthcare services to critically ill children.

The proposed site for the expansion of the emergency services to decongest the Emergency Triage Area and decrease the patient on trolleys was discussed and the DC directed the concerned authorities to expedite the construction of the expansion of the Emergency Triage area as proposed.

The meeting was attended by Dr Suman Singh, Director, Health Services; Dr Sushil Kumar Mahi, MS; Dr Parmjit Singh, DMS; senior officials of Health Department, besides nominated members and other members of the committee.