Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj conducted a surprise inspection at GTB, Jag Pravesh Chandra and Aruna Asaf Ali Hospitals on Tuesday night. During the inspection, Bhardwaj visited various wards of the hospitals. He met the patients undergoing treatment, inquired about their health and checked the arrangements.

Bhardwaj instructed the hospital administration to avoid the practice of referring patients directly to big hospitals for treatment and examination. The Health Minister also instructed that immediate relief should be provided to patients in medico-legal cases as soon as the legal process is completed. Also, the Minister directed the hospital administration to remove the clutter and provide affordable and quality health care to the patients and improve cleanliness. Along with this, instructions were given to provide affordable and quality health facilities to the patients.

Expressing displeasure over the absence of several senior doctors in the hospitals, he instructed that appropriate action be taken against them. Bed-sheets were not changed in many wards in the hospitals. He said that there is a possibility of infection in patients due to lying on dirty bed sheets. The hospital administration was directed to change the bed-sheets of the patients on priority basis.

Notably, people are admitted to the hospitals in emergency during night and providing immediate relief to the patients is the priority.  Sometimes major surgeries have to be performed at night only. The Health Minister inquired about the availability of X-ray machines and other equipment in the hospitals. He instructed the administration to ensure immediate fixing of the non-functional monitor machines.

He further said if patients coming to hospitals in the evening require ultrasound, CT-scan and other medical tests, then instead of referring patients directly to big hospitals under the Delhi Arogya Kosh, the hospital administration should provide treatment facilities to the patients in small hospitals at their own level as well.