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Junior doctors are on strike after the Kolkata rape case and are protesting demanding security for doctors in government hospitals. Following the demand of junior doctors, the State Secretariat Naba has taken several steps regarding the medical infrastructure of hospitals and the security of doctors and medical staff. Panic buttons will be installed in every hospital and health center to ensure the safety of doctors and health workers.
The state government is all set to ensure that there is no slack in the security of doctors and health workers. A helpline number has been asked to be set up at the central level. Every hospital and health center has been instructed to start this helpline number at the earliest. Chief Secretary Manoj Pant has sent a letter to State Health Secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam regarding this.
After the RG incident, there have been demands to strengthen security measures at government hospitals, medical colleges and other health centers in the state. In such a situation, the junior doctors held two meetings with the government party.
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First of all at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat on Monday. After this, he met the Chief Secretary in Nabanna on Wednesday. Following this, several decisions were taken by the state on Thursday to improve security and infrastructure in the health sector.
The Chief Secretary instructed the Health Secretary
In a letter sent to the health secretary, the chief secretary wrote that adequate police personnel should be deployed to ensure the safety of hospital doctors, nurses, health workers and the general public. Special care has been taken to ensure that the number of women police personnel remains sufficient.
The police have also been ordered to have a night patrolling team from the local police station at each hospital. If necessary, the Health Department has been asked to discuss these issues with the Home Department. A security audit will also be conducted in every hospital and medical college. Its in-charge is retired IPS and former DG Surjeet Kar Purkayastha.
Separate rest room and toilet for doctors
Apart from this, separate rest room and toilet will be arranged for doctors on duty in each hospital. Proper provision of drinking water in the hospital should also be taken care of. Central level should make arrangements to keep updated information about the number of beds available in government hospitals. A display board regarding this should be installed in every hospital for the convenience of the general public. A centralized ‘referral system’ has also been proposed for quick transfer of patients to other hospitals.
Moreover, it has been asked to make arrangements for early recruitment of doctors, nurses and other health workers to vacant posts. The letter also sought a specific mechanism for patients and their families to report complaints.
For basic facilities in hospitals Rs. 100 crores
After the death of a woman doctor at RG Kar Hospital on August 9, the state government allocated Rs 100 crore for the security of the hospital. According to Naban sources, not only instructions have been issued, but in an unprecedented move to improve the hospital’s security infrastructure, the tender itself has also set a deadline for completing the work. The funds will be used to provide adequate lighting in the hospital as well as separate rest rooms, toilets etc. for male and female doctors. CC cameras will also be installed.
During the hearing of the RG tax case in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, state advocate Kapil Sibal told Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that the state government would soon make arrangements to improve the security system of all hospitals and medical colleges in the state. seven months.
