Additional Municipal Commissioner Sudhakar Shinde has issued an order that the out-patient department examination must start at 8:00 am for thousands of patients who visit all the major hospitals of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) every day. The responsibility of strict compliance of this order has been entrusted to all the officials.
In an order issued by Additional Commissioner Sudhakar Shinde on December 19, it has been mentioned that henceforth, in any case, examination of patients in the outpatient department should begin at eight in the morning. In order for doctors to strictly observe this time, henceforth their attendance will be done biometrically and biometric attendance will be taken for coming and going to work. It has also been mentioned in the order that this biometric attendance will be linked to the doctor's salary. Importantly, the registration of patients has been asked to start at seven in the morning so that the patients coming to the outpatient department can get treatment on time. Dr. Sudhakar Shinde believes that this will stop the problem of patients or relatives.
A few days ago Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had asked to implement 'zero prescription' in municipal hospitals. Due to this, medicines will be available to patients in hospitals by stopping prescribing medicines from outside. This is also being implemented in major hospitals of the municipality.
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Annually 21 lakh 52 thousand patients are treated in the outpatient department of KEM Hospitals of Mumbai Municipal Corporation while 19 lakh patients come for treatment in Sion Hospital. Nair Hospital treats 1.1 lakh patients annually while Cooper Hospital examines 7.5 lakh patients. Apart from this, around eight lakh patients are treated in the outpatient department of Nair Dental College and Hospital. This means that in these five medical colleges and affiliated hospitals of the municipality, 68 lakh 20 thousand patients are treated annually in the outpatient department. Apart from this, 16 suburban hospitals of the municipality, other hospitals and dispensaries, and about three crore patients are examined in the outpatient department.
1,14865 thousand patients are examined annually in the outpatient department in Kasturba pathology hospitals while 22,562 patients are examined in tuberculosis hospitals in Sewri. Acworth Leprosy Hospital examines 21,564 patients, Murli Deora Eye Hospital examines 46,000 patients and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital examines 68,500 patients annually. In various hospitals of the civic body, about three crore patients are examined in the outpatient department every year. Considering the increasing number of patients, Sudhakar Shinde said that as the patients need to be treated and examined in time, it is necessary to start the outpatient department at eight in the morning.
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