Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas on Friday said the government would introduce several reforms in the health sector for effective delivery of medical services, and that, if need be, biometric system would be launched at all government hospitals and health centres to monitor punctuality of staff.
He also warned of stringent action against doctors who skipped their duties during working hours. The Minister wanted doctors and hospital staff to maintain punctuality and have patience, besides being polite while attending to patients.
Addressing a two-day orientation programme for District Medical and Health Officers (DMHO) here, Mr. Srinivas said as many as 11 women DMHOs had been posted in all districts, adding that they had all been selected on the basis of merit.
On the proposed public-private-partnership initiatives to be launched in the health sector, the Minister said efforts were on to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Gokhale Trust for introducing advanced cardiac services in Guntur district as a pilot project.
Former Health Secretary K. Sujatha Rao said it was the responsibility of DMHOs to ensure quality medical services in their respective districts, besides ensuring that private hospitals adhere to rules.
She advised DMHOs to study and identify district-specific health issues and analyse the findings. Krishna and Guntur districts have to focus on hypertension, diabetes and cardiac-related issues among patients, while Anantapur, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts need to concentrate on controlling infant and maternal mortality rates, she said.
Published - November 29, 2014 01:00 am IST
