Minister for retd. military personnel as safety supervisors in govt. hospitals

Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha has directed well being division officers that each one authorities hospitals within the State rent retired military personnel as safety supervisors, aiming to professionalise and strengthen hospital safety throughout the town.

Speaking at a evaluation assembly on Monday, the Minister stated that safety in hospitals should be managed by skilled and bodily match personnel. He proposed that a good portion of safety workers be recruited from retired armed forces, with tender guidelines making certain solely these beneath 50 years of age are employed. CCTV monitoring rooms ought to be established in all hospitals, with safety contracts together with duties for each monitoring and safety of medical doctors, medical workers, and sufferers.

Officials highlighted gaps in sanitation, safety, affected person care, and weight loss plan companies. They famous that some contractors had been hiring aged and unfit personnel because of weak tender circumstances. The Minister burdened that safety workers play a significant position not simply in security but in addition in sustaining cleanliness alongside sanitation employees.

“Sanitation tenders ought to be stringent, with licensed pest management included and scientific cleanliness requirements enforced. In affected person care, solely certified personnel similar to ANMs ought to be employed, with at the least 60% of workers being ladies. Diet insurance policies are additionally to be strengthened, making certain high quality and nutritious meals for sufferers, with compliance monitored by way of shock inspections,” he stated.