Health deptt orders morning meetings in rural hospitals

Srinagar, August 13: Health Department Kashmir on Tuesday issued an important order for conducting morning meetings in all the District/SDH/CHCs Hospitals in the valley to bring accountability and transparency.
The move comes on the directions of the Secretary to Government, Health & Medical Education Department and following a meeting chaired by Director Health Services Kashmir today with all Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents of District/Sub District/Community Health Centers.
“In order to improve the functioning of District & Sub District Hospitals & to bring transparency, accountability in their working, it is, impressed upon all the Chief Medical Officers/Medical Superintendents of District/Sub District/ Community Health Centers to conduct the morning meetings in their respective Hospitals,” the DHSK said in an order.
It said that the meeting will start at 9.30 a.m. half an hour prior to the start of the day activities in the hospital and end before 10 a.m., so that no day activity of the institution is impeded in any manner.
The meeting will be chaired by the Medical Superintendents/Block Medical Officers in person without delegating to some other officers of the hospital, so that the patient care in the hospital shall not suffer.
“It will be ensured that the meetings are attended by Heads/ Incharge of all hospital sections including Clinical Departments, Casualty Incharge Medical Officer/ Incharge of Labs/X-Ray/ ECG/ Blood Bank/Nursing Supervisors ward nurse on Night duties/Sanitary Inspector/ in-charge sanitation central heating/electrician/ plumber/ Lenin/Store/In charge accounts Section etc.,” the order said.
It said the meeting will compulsorily ascertain the work done during the night and any issues that have arisen including discussing referrals or deaths etc.
Further, the resolution of the issues of the previous day will be recorded in the meeting note.
The order said that the minutes of these meetings will be diligently recorded in a separate register created for the purpose and shall be kept open for audit by the supervisory officers of the district and at the level of this Directorate.