Cabinet to decide on Free MRIs at all Delhi Govt Hospitals
New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen health infrastructure, the Delhi government is expected to decide on key proposals in a meeting scheduled on Tuesday, including outsourcing of staff through PSUs and installing MRI machines in hospitals under a PPP model, official sources said.
The proposals will be discussed in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, scheduled for 12 noon, they said, news agency PTI reported.
The Health Department seeks to centralise the outsourcing of staff required for documentation and other formalities at government hospitals and other health facilities of the government by roping in public sector undertakings (PSUs), they said.
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Presently, the hospitals and other facilities like clinics hire these personnel through private placement entities, said an official.
The other proposal is regarding the installation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines through a public-private partnership to meet the growing demand for such crucial scans, he said.
There is a shortage of MRI machines in government hospitals, which needs to be immediately addressed to ensure that patients are not forced to get these tests done from expensive private facilities, he added, reports PTI.
As per a media report in the TOI, "Referring patients to a doctor in OPD or admitting them to hospital for treatment requires a lot of details from the kin and documentation to ensure they get the benefits of all schemes as per their eligibility. The govt has thus decided to engage a public sector undertaking to provide manpower for the purpose," said an official, requesting anonymity.
"We will begin the process of engaging a company to provide manpower as soon as the cabinet accords approval to the proposal," the official added. There are 39 state-run hospitals in the capital.
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