New health policy to improve patient care in govt. run hospitals

The has announced a new Health policy titled `Integrated Hospital Facility Management Services for improving patient care services in government hospitals.

The new policy replacing the existing policy envisaged improvement of services in government hospitals, Nursing colleges & nursing schools (including hostels) in the State with an amount of 7,500 per bed per month.

The reckonable bed strength would be taken as basis rather than sanctioned bed strength as per the actual occupancy of last year or 50 per cent whichever was higher. The policy of providing manpower at the rate of one person for 7,000 SFT built up area and one person per 27,000 SFT for open area which was currently applicable to medical colleges had also been extended to nursing colleges and hostels.