Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government is set to introduce a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) , a new system to ensure proper functioning of the government medical colleges across the state in the new year 2025. The government wants to fix accountability of the principals as well as the junior doctors. There will be a biometric attendance system for the doctors and other employees of the medical colleges.
Uttarakhand health minister Dhan Singh Rawat reviewed the functioning of the medical education department on Wednesday. He directed the officials concerned to make a Standard Operating Procedure to improve the functioning of medical colleges. The minister Rawat underlined the need for including a clear roadmap regarding discharge of duties by doctors and employees in the SOP. There should also be a provision for action against those who violate the SOP.
Bedsheets will be changed every day in the wards
There is also an instruction for the authorities concerned to change the bedsheet in the hospitals every day to keep the patients away from the possible infections. The medical education department will decide seven colours of the bedsheets which will be used in a week.
Decide a menu for providing proper meals to patients
The medical education department has been asked to decide a menu for providing proper meals to the patients undergoing treatment in the medical colleges. The menu will be put on display in every ward. Apart from the superintendent of the medical colleges, nursing in-charge of the wards will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness.
Only one attendant will stay with patient at a time in the ward
Under the new system, only one attendant will be allowed to stay with the patient concerned at a time in the wards. There will be a fixed period for the visitors to meet the patients. There will be regular monitoring of the meals given to the patients. Paramedical, technicians and ward boys will be outsourced for their deployment in the wards of medical colleges. The medical education department is likely to make the SOP by the end of this year. It may come into effect with the beginning of the new year.
