NEW DELHI: Lok Nayak Hospital will be developed as a model health care facility. Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung on Monday held a meeting with several officials, municipal corporations and traffic police to review the progress of infrastructure works and made a plan to transform the hospital into a model health care facility.

In the meeting, the LG was assured that the new OPD block will be completed by the end of this month.

Jung also instructed the commissioner of MCD (north) and special commissioner (traffic) to ensure that passage of emergency vehicles and services are not obstructed and unauthorized vendors are removed from the site.

The LG directed the CP (Traffic) to deploy 24/7 traffic police on the hospital premises to regulate traffic. The medical superintendent

informed the LG that biometric attendance system is being introduced in a phased manner.and by July 1, all its 4,000 employees will come under its ambit.

The MS also made a presentation to the LG where he underscored that the hospital had implemented the instruction of the Lt. Governor of adopting a dress code with name tags for hospital staff so that the patients are able to easily identify the staff.

The MS stated in his presentation that the hospital had put into service 9 stretcher bearers from St. Johns Ambulance to aid existing operations, as also deputed 5 Patient Welfare Officers from Delhi Health Services to ensure that the patients are guided properly at the time of registration. During his visit to the hospital, the Lt. Governor had noticed that patients were not being aided at the time of registration. This new service is meant to fill that gap.

