Assam to strengthen the health care infrastructure

To improve the health care facilities in the state, the Assam government is looking to revamp the operations in the GMCs and hospitals.

After witnessing the second wave of Covid 19, the country is all geared up for better health infrastructure and state governments all across the country are trying to notch up the health care facilities. The latest is, Assam government is looking to improve the operations in the government-run medical colleges and hospitals to handle the increasing rush of patients and provide better health care facilities to the people of Assam.

Keshab Mahanta, the state health and family welfare minister announced this decision in a press conference. The first step towards strengthening the medical system in the state would be all testing facilities including X Ray, CT Scan, and MRI will begin functioning in double shifts.

“The number of patients in the medical colleges are very high, compared to the infrastructure. So, we have decided to have double shifts from today. Earlier, testing for out-patient departments (OPDs) used to happen from 8 am to 3 pm. Now, another shift will start from 3 pm to 10 pm,” he said.

“This doubling of shifts is for the general patients and all those coming through the OPD section. The testing in the emergency takes place round the clock. Likewise, we have also decided to double the operation theatre (OT) availability timing. Earlier, OTs used to operate in one shift in the day time. Because of this, different departments used to get OTs only once in a week. Now, OTs will function at night too,” he added.

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