 Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 8: Director Health Services Jammu, Dr. Poonam Sethi, accompanied by Dr. Rashmi Sharma, Epidemiologist, Directorate of Health Services Jammu, concluded a comprehensive two-day review visit to District Poonch and Rajouri aimed at assessing healthcare delivery, programme implementation, and patient care services across the districts.
During the visit, Dr. Poonam Sethi undertook an extensive inspection of District Hospital Poonch, visiting various wards and sections of the hospital to evaluate their functioning and service delivery. She interacted with doctors, nursing staff, and healthcare workers, emphasizing the importance of maintaining professionalism, punctuality, humility, and patient-centric care. She directed all healthcare personnel to extend every possible assistance to patients and attendants and ensure quality healthcare services at all times.
The Director also reviewed the functioning of key facilities including the Assured Treatment Facility (ATF) and Dialysis Unit, where she assessed service delivery mechanisms and instructed the concerned staff to further strengthen these critical services in the larger interest of patient care.
On the second day, a high-level review meeting was held at District Hospital Poonch where Dr. Parvaiz Ahmed Khan, Chief Medical Officer Poonch, presented a detailed overview of the achievements and progress under various national and state health programmes in District and accordingly instructions were given to Dr. Mohd Shafeeq, Medical Superintendent District Hospital Poonch; Dr. Ruby Naz Bhatti, Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Dr. Mohd Azam, District Health Officer & DTO; Dr. Gazala Chowdhury (BMO Mendhar); Dr. Mohd Yousf (BMO Surankote); Dr. Reyaz Jan (BMO Mandi) and members of DPU/BPU teams from all Block to conduct Training sessions at regular intervals for all Schemes. Besides, Monitoring and evaluation of all the schemes must be done.
The review highlighted commendable performance in OPD and IPD services, TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY Sehat and Vay Vandana schemes, Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) screening, Cancer Screening and follow-up as per format and digital health initiatives under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) including Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
The Director was informed that the NICU and PICU at District Hospital Poonch are functioning effectively, providing specialized care to neonates and children. She also reviewed the status of dialysis services and directed the concerned authorities to expedite the operationalization of Dialysis Units at SDH Mendhar, SDH Surankote, and SDH Mandi to improve access to life-saving services in peripheral areas. |
