KNB News Desk
Srinagar 7 May (KNB): Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that he today took first hand appraisal of Covid infrastructure & facilities at government hospital Gandhi Nagar, CD Hospital and GMC Jammu.
LG Sinha said, on his visit to hospitals in Jammu, to increase bed capacity at the earliest by working in coordination with concerned departments. “Directed Hospitals Administration to ensure best patient care through regular rounds of HoDs and senior doctors in the wards,” tweets LG Sinha.
He also said that doctors must have personal interaction with the patients and their attendants to ensure better treatment. He further emphasized on strict compliance of the duty rosters, hospital referral policy and triage in the hospitals.
LG said in his tweet that he also enquired about the number of patients being treated in the hospitals. Sinha also asked for the number of the patients discharged after recovery, availability of beds.
Pertinent to mention that LG also inspected functionality of Oxygen generation plants during his visit to hospitals and directed for increasing paramedical staff to strengthen the health workforce. (KNB)