She inspects records and scrutinises procedures being followed by the
staff
Collector Pooja Kulkarni conducted a surprise inspection
at the Government Headquarters Hospital in Krishnagiri on Thursday.
She verified the entry of names of out-patients, and
scrutinised the attendance registers of doctors and other employees.
The Collector said action would be taken against those who
came late for duty at the hospital.
She also
verified whether the duty nurses were using disposable needles and
getting rid of them as soon as they had been used for a patient in the
prescribed manner.
She advised nurses to keep the
injection rooms neat and clean.
The Collector advised
pharmacists at the hospital to explain to the patients how to take
medicine in accordance with the prescription by the medical officers,
verified whether details of the medicines issued were being correctly
entered into the computer, and also checked the stock of medicines
available.
When she noticed some of the newborns in
the hands of relatives outside the post-natal ward, she gave
instructions to the ward nurses not to allow the babies to be taken
outside the ward.
Instructions
If hospital staff failed to follow instructions laid down,
action would be taken against them.
She found used
saline bottles dumped in a corner just outside the post-natal ward and
asked the sanitary workers to remove the discarded material immediately.
The Collector asked the authorities to keep the hospital
premises litter-free.
She directed the accompanying
Municipal Commissioner to eradicate the dog menace inside and outside
the hospital immediately.
The hospital premises
should be cleaned twice in a month by the staff of the Municipality.
Public Works Department officials were asked to inspect
the hospital frequently and undertake repair works. She also went around
the cooking unit and inspected the distribution of cooked food to
patients.
