MEERUT: The plan of making the
Meerut
district women
hospital
an e-hospital is yet to be implemented due to lack of trained staff to operate the computers. Nearly a month after four computers were purchased and a leased line for the internet was laid, the hospital authorities are waiting for the state government authorities to send human resource for the purpose. The process of making the hospital an e-hospital was expedited a month after
PL Sharma District Hospital
got the e-hospital tag.
Meerut district women hospital chief medical superintendent Dr
Manisha Verma said, “Once the e-hospital becomes functional, the patients will start getting printed registration slips from the out-patient department (OPD). In the later phases, patients will also get online appointments and computerised fee receipts.”
The project was launched nearly a year ago when the district women hospital was shortlisted for the e-hospital project and a budget too was released for infrastructural development. “The leased line for the internet connectivity has been laid and as many as four computers have been procured. But despite all of this, we cannot move forward with the scheme because human resource has not been provided to us as of yet. We have written to the state authorities but we have not got any response so far,” said Dr Verma.
The process, once in place, will prevent making of fake pre-dated medical certificates and facilitate advance appointments for days to come. Hospital staff will initially be assisted by employees of
Silver Touch
, the company which is providing the software to the project. Once the hospital staff is trained, they will take over the entire network.
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