New policy on anvil for private hospitals in Haryana: Vij

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij today said that a new policy is being formulated for listing private hospitals in order to provide healthcare facilities to government employees.
The decision has been taken keeping in view the difficulties faced by the employees and until the new policy is formulated, the empanelled hospitals would continue to do the work, he said.
"After the employees get their old bills reimbursed, new hospitals would be empanelled," the Health Minister said, adding that many complaints were received about the functioning of the empanelled hospitals which made the government think of empanelling new hospitals.
The new policy would spell relief to the employees, Vij said.

All employees and officials of the Health Department, National Health Mission (NHM), AIDS Control Society and Foods and Drugs Authority, employed in the districts, would now function under the control of the Civil Surgeon, he said.
This decision has been taken to ensure better coordination between different components of the Health Department for ensuring the people better healthcare services, he said.

Vij said that during the surprise inspections conducted in various hospitals, it was found that there was no coordination between the staff of the Health department, NHM, AIDS Control Society and Food and Drugs Authority.
It was found that while there was crowd in one section, the staff at NHM sat idle, he said.

Due to the mismanagement and lack of coordination between different components of the Health Department, the patients faced difficulties, he added.
Besides controlling all officials and employees, the Civil Surgeon would also release their salaries.
He would also be their immediate supervisory authority and responsible for proper utilisation of the staff in all components to ensure better health services in their district, the Health Minister added.