Rawalpindi : District Health Authority Rawalpindi is taking all possible measures to put into practice the health sector reforms announced by Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday to strengthen governance and accountability in the health sector and to improve service delivery to patients at the public sector healthcare facilities across the province.
The DHA has already started taking steps to improve the quality of services at the healthcare facilities operating under its control, said Chief Executive Officer DHA Rawalpindi Dr Ehsan Ghani while talking to ‘The News’ on Saturday.
It is important that the DHA Rawalpindi has not issued any fresh directives to the medical superintendents of seven tehsil headquarters hospitals operating under its control including two THQ hospitals in District Murree. When asked, Dr. Ghani said there is no need of issuing fresh directives as his office is working on implementing the health sector reforms announced by the CM.
The CM Punjab while addressing CEOs and medical superintendents serving under Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department of the Government of the Punjab has announced a wide set of reforms and imposed strict restrictions on the use of mobile phones by doctors during duty hours.
The DHA Rawalpindi has already asked the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff to not to use mobile phones during duty hours, said Dr. Ghani adding that after the provision of pagers, as has been announced by the CM, there would be complete ban on the use of mobile phones by the hospital staff.
The DHA Rawalpindi operates as many as 98 basic health units, 10 rural health centres and seven THQ hospitals and we are working on improving the healthcare services in all these set-ups, said the CEO. He added that his office has directed the healthcare facilities to ensure availability of medicines, proper cleanliness and improved patient management systems.
