MoS takes up grievances about patient services at JIPMER
The Hindu
The Minister, who is on a two-day visit to Puducherry to assess health sector requirements, held consultations with JIPMER officials, Rajya Sabha MP S. Selvaganabathy and PWD Minister K. Lakshminarayanan.
Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar on Monday took up various development needs and grievances related to deficiencies in patient services at JIPMER.
The Minister, who is on a two-day visit to Puducherry to assess health sector requirements, held consultations with JIPMER officials, Rajya Sabha MP S. Selvaganabathy and PWD Minister K. Lakshminarayanan.
V. Saminathan, state president of the BJP---which has been among the political parties that have called for improvements in patient services at JIPMER---handed over a memorandum to the Minister seeking a set of measures to improve patient services at the hospital.
The BJP had earlier written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya highlighting the various public grievances about patient services at the premier hospital.
In his memorandum, Mr. Saminathan urged the Ministry to direct JIPMER to immediately resolve the critical shortage of medicines that was causing hardship to poor patients.
He sought steps to ensure that patients arriving at the Casualty at night after travelling great distances are immediately attended to with proper care and not referred elsewhere.
The memorandum also called for preferential employment for local aspirants in contract recruitments to posts such as housekeeping and security departments.
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