UP Health Minister pays surprise visit to Noida District Hospital; Enquiry ordered

Noida: Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Brajesh Pathak has paid a surprise visit to the Gautam Buddh Nagar district hospital and ordered an inquiry after noticing lapses, officials said.

Pathak, who is also the deputy chief minister, reached the district hospital in Noida Sector 30 in the morning but found a need for better management of visitors at the facility which gets nearly 2,000 patients a day on an average, the officials said. 

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The minister, who is known to land at hospitals unannounced and often in the guise of an ordinary citizen, found during the inspection that some employees had marked their attendance in the register for future dates too, a senior district hospital official said.

"The minister sought an explanation from the chief medical superintendent of the district hospital and officials concerned over the irregularity after which he ordered an inquiry into the issue," said the official who wished not to be named.

During the surprise inspection, Pathak also noticed that the hospital was working with fewer doctors against the sanctioned strength.

The minister landed at the hospital unannounced when he was scheduled to be present at a programme in Meerut, the officials said.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Health Minister Veena George has inspected the Medical College Hospital (MCH) and directed the hospital authorities to ensure the smooth functioning of the lab equipment. 

It came to the fore that many patients have been complaining about the delay in scans making them wait for a longer period of time. She directed the hospital authorities to install three CT scan machines in the hospital to ensure that the patients get the proper service.

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