SAS Nagar, February 19, 2025: Civil Surgeon Dr. Sangeeta Jain held a monthly meeting with the program officers and senior medical officers of the district here today to review the progress of various health programs and schemes. She said that she is committed to provide better, timely and quality health services to the people, for which all the staff needs to do their work with more diligence and dedication.
The Civil Surgeon specifically instructed the officials not to prescribe medicines available at outside chemist shops. She further said that if any prescribed medicine is not available, it is the duty of the officer-in-charge to make that particular medicine available to the patient.
She said that emergency teams and kits should be ready in the ambulances at all times. Health officials were asked to pay special attention to cleanliness in hospitals, especially toilets. She said that punctuality and discipline should be maintained in every institution and timely attendance of the staff is mandatory.
Dr Jain directed to ensure 24-hour power supply in hospitals and said that there should be proper power backup to deal with emergency situations. He also asked the officials to work to meet the quality standards of Kayakalp. Expressing satisfaction over the influx of patients in 'Aam Aadmi Clinic' and the health facilities being provided there, the Civil Surgeon told the officials that the patients coming to these centers should not face any kind of problem.
He said that people are very enthusiastic about these centers and a large number of people are coming. Emphasizing on the prevention of dengue, malaria, chikungunya and other diseases in the coming months, the Civil Surgeon asked all the officials to make people more and more aware about the symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment of these diseases.
Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr. Renu Singh, District Vaccination Officer Dr. Girish Dogra, Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr. Parvinderpal Kaur and all senior medical officers etc. were present in the meeting.