‘Didi ki Rasoi’ at Bhagalpur hosp brings smile on patients’ faces

BHAGALPUR: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s idea of starting ‘

Didi ki Rasoi

’ to provide nutritious and quality meals to the patients admitted in hospitals has brought smiles on their faces.

Julie Kumari, a resident of Ishakchak locality, who is admitted at a sadar hospital ward in Bhagalpur, was pleasantly surprised to get nutritious food in hygienically packed utensils provided by the hospital management. Similar, was the experience of Punam Kumari and others in the hospital.

‘Didi Ki Rasoi’ is an initiative in which Jeevika workers have been given charge of the hospital's canteen to prepare quality meals for admitted patients there. Cleanliness and hygiene is maintained and the canteen is inspected by the DM, civil surgeon and other senior officials at regular intervals. Two teams of Jeevika didis, a self-help group (SHG) associated with the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), are working at the Bhagalpur sadar hospital’s ‘Didi ki Rasoi’.

Bhagalpur civil surgeon (CS) Dr Umesh Sharma told this newspaper, “The concept is to provide balanced and homely food to indoor patients, their attendants as well as healthcare workers of the hospital. Now both the patients and their attendants are relieved as far as their requirement for food is concerned as food is served thrice a day apart from tea and evening snacks. Everyday we monitor the kitchen and storage place, cleanliness of utensils apart from the quality of the food being served,” he said.