Janakpur, Aug 25: Chief Minister of Madhes Province, Satish Kumar Singh, on Saturday night visited the Province Hospital, Janakapur following public grievances about delayed care and negligence in the treatment procedures.
The Minister reached the hospital
at 11:00 pm to inspect an emergency ward, maternity chamber and ICU.
He also interacted with doctors,
health professionals and employees on duty and acquired information about the
number of workforce in the hospital, allocations of responsibilities and the
duty hours.
Chief Minister Singh directed them
to be regular at the working stations and give full duty hours with prompt
deliveries. He wanted them not to compromise in terms of responding to patients
promptly and rendering quality services.
He also directed government-run
pharmacies on the hospital premises to manage sufficient stock of necessary
medicines.
During his interactions with
visitors, they complained to the Chief Minister about lack of required
workforce during night, lack of proper medical care and the shortage of
medicines within the pharmacies.
Madhes Institute of Health
Science's registrar Binod Kumar Yadav who arrived at the hospital at the time
was asked for taking prompt measures to address the problems.
He said the government is committed
to resolving the raised issues, enhancing the quality of services with
diversification. (RSS)