Catering Services in Civil Hospitals | 26 Feb 2022

Why in News

  • On February 24, 2022, Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij, while presiding over the meeting of the officers of the Health Department, directed the officers to provide catering services in 31 civil hospitals with more than 100 beds capacity in the state, so that patients can be provided with food within the hospitals.

Key Points

  • In the meeting, the Health Minister also directed the officers to increase the number of private rooms in the civil hospitals of the state and make arrangements for imparting various types of training to the paramedical staff and doctors of the health department.
  • The Health Minister said that efforts are on to make the civil hospitals of Haryana air conditioned and instructions have been given to the officers to increase the number of oxygenated beds in the hospitals.
  • Civil hospitals equipped with state-of-the-art technology will be prepared in Gurugram, Hisar and Karnal, on which action is going on.
  • No citizen of the state has to go outside the state for treatment, for this high quality health facilities will be made available to the citizens in the state.