Jaipur: Two hosps to be honoured for quality services

Jaipur: Competition among hospitals for procuring national certification for quality is heating up. Jalore’s district hospital will be rewarded in Delhi for assuring quality in treatment on October 2. It will get Rs 10,000 per bed. Next in race is Beawar’s district hospital. Beawar’s district hospital will also be felicitated for quality services.

A team from the Centre will inspect the hospital in Beawar during September 26-28. If it passes the inspection, it will get Rs 10,000 per bed, of which 75% will be spent on the hospital and 25% will be distributed among the workers.

The hospitals are now keeping their premises clean and also providing more facilities to the patients. “We have constructed a separate drug distribution counter so that pregnant women get the medicines easily and don’t have to walk long distances,” said an official at Beawar district hospital.

However, he claimed that they have also initiated separate facilities for the elderly and specially-abled patients. The hospital’s outpatient department has a daily footfall of 200 to 1,500.

The staff is excited about the inspection, which if found satisfactory, will earn the hospital certification under National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS). “In the state so far, 12 district hospitals, community health centres (CHC), primary health centres (PHC) and urban primary health centres (UPHC) have been certified by the Centre under NQAS,” said Dr Rambabu Jaiswal, state nodal officer, quality assurance and Kayakalp.

Besides, six other district hospitals, CHCs and PHCs are vying for the quality certificate from Centre. Under the quality assurance programme, the health department is promoting cleanliness, hygiene and infection control practices among public health facilities. The facilities are appraised. Those displaying exemplary performance and meeting standards of protocols of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control receive awards and commendation.