Manyal chairs Rogi Kalyan Samiti meeting

Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Apr 27: To provide better facilities to the patients at District Hospital Samba, a meeting of Rogi Kalyan Samiti was held today under the chairmanship of MLA, Samba Devinder Kumar Manyal.
Chief Medical Officer Samba Rajiv Sharma, Medical Superintendent District Hospital Samba, Rajinder Samyal,  X-En PDD, AEE PWD, PHE, DSWO, DHO Samba, members and officers of different departments also attended the meeting.
The meeting reviewed the progress achieved on the decisions taken in the previous meeting.
MLA Samba assured the meeting that provision for Laparoscopic Surgery will soon be made available. He said blood bank will also be opened in the hospital and assured that district hospital will have a parking area to address the problem of traffic congestion in the hospital.
It was decided in the meeting that the district hospital canteen will be outsourced with better facilities. The decision regarding enhancement of incentive from Rs 2000 to Rs 2500 for part time sanitation workers was also taken in the meeting.
It was also decided that the first dose of Anti Rabbies vaccine will be issued from the district hospital. The provision for two more computers at OPD registration section will be made in the hospital to benefit patients who otherwise have to wait long in queues. Provision for water cooler in new IPD will also be made at an earliest.
Opening of Jan Aushadi Shop, provision of emergency medicines, purchase of X-Ray films and laboratory reagents were also approved in the meeting.