Bihar: Hospitals asked to make doctors’ roster public

PATNA: The state government on Friday issued a slew of directives to officials concerned to improve arrangements in government hospitals for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
Secretary (information and public relations department) Anupam Kumar said the principals and incharge of government medical college and hospitals and other hospitals have been asked to put the roster of the doctors on duty in public domain.
The health department has been asked to ensure that attendants of people admitted in government hospitals for Covid treatment are allowed to talk to doctors or management of the hospital through intercom and other facilities.
“Putting roster of doctors in government hospitals in public domain will allow people to know which doctors are on duty. There will be sufficient seating arrangement for attendants in the hospitals. ‘May I Help You’ counters will also be set up in the hospitals,” Anupam said.
He added control rooms have been set up in every government hospital involved in Covid treatment so that people can get all the required information.
Anupam said the health department has been asked to reduce the working hours of doctors involved in Covid treatment. “Principals and incharges of the hospitals have been asked to decide the duty hours. Besides, hospitals have also been asked to involve non-clinical staff in Covid care,” he said.
The IPRD secretary said the health department has been asked to look after manpower management. “The health department can conduct walk-in interviews for getting additional manpower,” Anupam said.
Health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said there will be regular inspection of government hospitals by divisional commissioners and DIGs.
Lokesh added, “Healthcare workers and doctors working in district Covid care centres are being imparted training by specialists at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Patna and Indira Gandhi institute of Medical Science (IGIMS). Specialists from National Centre for Disease Control and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi are also providing online training to health workers the at district level.”