Guwahati: As many as 50 health centres will conduct a three-day Swasthya Sewa Utsav from Thursday along with the rest of the health centres across Assam.
Swasthya Sewa Utsav will start today across Assam and the health centres’ facilities and services will be considered in the evaluation.
The district health department has taken all necessary steps to guarantee that this evaluation process runs properly and benefits everyone.
A district hospital, a community health center, two FRUs and 46 primary health centres in the district will all participate in the assessment.
As external assessors, a medical professional from Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and an administrative officer will examine and rate the health facilities. A senior administrative officer will evaluate 50 health centres as an external evaluator.
For the first time, the Swasthya Sewa Utsav is being held to evaluate the state’s public hospitals’ infrastructure and service levels. It will take place from April 6 to April 8.
In this context, on Wednesday MS Lakshmi Priya, Mission Director National Health Mission, Assam presided over a last review meeting for the impending Swasthya Sewa Utsav with all the District Teams via a Video Conference.
Priya gave advice to all the districts on how to prepare for a successful launch event and how to stay vigilant to prevent any negative outcomes. Dr. Priya also told all the districts during the VC that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India wants to take away the most important lessons from this exercise which was started by the State’s Health Department. As a result, the districts were told to collaborate and make the exercise a success.
The Utsav’s main goals are to fill any gaps in the community’s access to comprehensive health care services, to bring health facilities into compliance with the IPHS, to develop and disseminate sustainable practises relating to public health facilities’ key areas of concern that are linked to better health outcomes, to encourage public health facilities’ cleanliness, hygienic practises and infection control measures, to lower the infant and maternal mortality rates and to reduce overall health disparities.