Two health centres get quality certification

Our Correspondent

Nurpur, August 4
Two Health-cum Wellness Centres in the Nurpur health block have been awarded the National Quality Certification by the Union Health and Family Welfare Department under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) programme.
A centre at Thora Bhaloon had been awarded the certificate for three years with effect from July 31 after assessing seven mandatory service packages on July 11. Its assessment score was 80.08 per cent. The Health Department sources reveal that the NQAS programme has been developed keeping in mind the specific requirements for public health facilities as well as the best global practices.
The Health-cum-Wellness Centre, Kopra, was the second rural health institution, which had been awarded the quality certificate after its assessment by the external empanelled assessors. The centre had scored 74.19 per cent.
Nurpur Block Medical Officer Dr Dilwar Singh said the Kopra centre had been granted the quality certification with conditionality under the NQAS programme for a period of one year. “During this period the health facilities are expected to address the weaknesses found during the national certification assessment,” he added.
The programme was launched by the Health Ministry in 2013 with an aim to improve the quality of care in public health facilities across the country. The quality standards had been set for the rural as well as urban health care institutions under the programme.
The prime objective of the NQAS was to recognise good performing health facilities as well as improving the credibility of health institutions in the community.