Fix OTs in government hospitals, orders Satyendra Jain

NEW DELHI:

Delhi health minister

Satyendra Jain has ordered that

non-functional operation theatres

(OTs) in

state-run hospital

be fixed at the earliest. This directive comes after TOI reported how 31 out of 183 OTs are non-functional due to lack of equipment or pending civil work. Shortage of staff — anaesthetists, assistants and technicians — is another major crisis.

“Some of the problems have been fixed already. I have asked the medical directors of all hospital to submit a list of requirements to make the rest of the OTs functional too,” Jain said.

Following orders from chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, sources said, the state health department collated information on non-functional OTs in hospitals. The chief minister had sought a timeline from the departments concerned to get things moving.

On being told that it might take six months to a year to do so, the CM expressed strong displeasure, said an official.

Doctors say non-functional OTs was a cause of delay in surgeries at state-run hospitals.