Karnataka government will invest Rs.90 crore to set up an 'Aarogya Soudha' that which will be a dedicated centre housing all departments of the health and family welfare. The centre would be a nine-storey ‘green’ building for which four acres had been identified and its foundation stone was expected to be laid within a week. "This initiative would enhance efficiency of the department and promote teamwork," said the state health and family welfare minister.
The state government is planning to launch a helpline '104' to enable people to know nearest health facilities, for lodging complaints and grievances and get medical tips in emergencies.
The state government has proposed to introduce biometric systems in all government-run hospitals to ensure that all the staff come on time and do not dodge work during office hours. The move to introduce biometric system of attendance comes in because of the several complaints on absenteeism and late coming in government hospitals. Now the system would monitor the entry and exit of doctors and hospital staff, said the health and family welfare minister Khader.
There is need for both responsible behaviour and discipline in the hospitals and therefore installing technology to track presence of doctors and hospital staff has been opted, he added.
On the infrastructure front, the health minister stated that his government was working towards setting up an equipment monitoring cell so that malfunctioning machines including scanning and X-ray besides those in the operation theatre and the intensive care would be rectified quickly. He pointed out that the intention of the government was to see that medical equipment would be procured from quality manufacturers directly for future use without middlemen.
Further, the health minister also stated that he was keen to see that rural service become mandatory for MBBS and post-graduates in medicine. While there was a law in this regard, the medical graduates get away by paying the prescribed fine and skip rural service, he pointed out.
On the medical education front, the state government had proposed to establish medical colleges in each district for the benefit of the poor meritorious students at a subsidized fee. Karnataka has 36 medical colleges of which seven are government institutions. There were several districts which had no government colleges and private institutions existed by charging exorbitant fees. This was beyond the reach of poor and well-deserving candidates, said the Karnataka medical education minister Dr Sharan Prakash Rudrappa Patil.
In the 12th Five year Plan the Union government had planned to support the States to set-up medical colleges in the backward areas. The proposed scheme envisaged the formation of more MBBS seats. It would in the long run improve the availability of doctors in the state.
Source:Pharmabiz
The state government is planning to launch a helpline '104' to enable people to know nearest health facilities, for lodging complaints and grievances and get medical tips in emergencies.
The state government has proposed to introduce biometric systems in all government-run hospitals to ensure that all the staff come on time and do not dodge work during office hours. The move to introduce biometric system of attendance comes in because of the several complaints on absenteeism and late coming in government hospitals. Now the system would monitor the entry and exit of doctors and hospital staff, said the health and family welfare minister Khader.
There is need for both responsible behaviour and discipline in the hospitals and therefore installing technology to track presence of doctors and hospital staff has been opted, he added.
On the infrastructure front, the health minister stated that his government was working towards setting up an equipment monitoring cell so that malfunctioning machines including scanning and X-ray besides those in the operation theatre and the intensive care would be rectified quickly. He pointed out that the intention of the government was to see that medical equipment would be procured from quality manufacturers directly for future use without middlemen.
Further, the health minister also stated that he was keen to see that rural service become mandatory for MBBS and post-graduates in medicine. While there was a law in this regard, the medical graduates get away by paying the prescribed fine and skip rural service, he pointed out.
On the medical education front, the state government had proposed to establish medical colleges in each district for the benefit of the poor meritorious students at a subsidized fee. Karnataka has 36 medical colleges of which seven are government institutions. There were several districts which had no government colleges and private institutions existed by charging exorbitant fees. This was beyond the reach of poor and well-deserving candidates, said the Karnataka medical education minister Dr Sharan Prakash Rudrappa Patil.
In the 12th Five year Plan the Union government had planned to support the States to set-up medical colleges in the backward areas. The proposed scheme envisaged the formation of more MBBS seats. It would in the long run improve the availability of doctors in the state.
Source:Pharmabiz
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