The Indian Express 03.04.2013
East corpn eyes upgrade for maternity homes, to tie up with pvt hospitals
East Municipal Corporation has decided to tie up with corporate
hospitals to run its maternity centres, in order to improve the poor
condition of the centres.
According to corporation officials, the decision to hand over
operations to corporate hospitals was taken after the corporation drew
flak for the poor maintenance and lack of staff and facilities at its
maternity homes.
With the tie-up in place, the residents of the maternity homes
will be provided with medical facilities available in corporate
hospitals.
With the help of doctors and staff from corporate hospitals, the
East corporation plans to change the way municipal health services are
provided.
According to S S Yadav, commissioner, East Municipal Corporation,
the corporation will soon float the Request for Qualification, inviting
offers from the coporate hospitals to run these maternity centres.
“Our primary objective in healthcare is to provide basic and
secondary level curative care. The corporation will ensure proper
ante-natal care, institutional support and health promotion,” Yadav
said.
Under the plan, five of East corporation’s eight maternity
centres, with their existing assets and infrastructure, will be handed
over to the private hospitals to run. The five centres are located in
Khichripur, Seemapuri, Welcome Seelampur, Geeta Colony and Yamuna Vihar.
“The private hospitals will provide both out-patient department
(OPD) and in-patient department (IPD) services. Recruitment and
management of all human resources, including their salaries and all
responsibilities and liabilities, will be handed over to the private
partner. East corporation will bear the cost of running these five
maternity centres,” stated the commissioner.
The services provided at these maternity homes will include
obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics, adolescent reproductive and
sexual health, immunization, family welfare and nutrition counselling,
mother and child care, pre-intra and post-delivery services,
ultrasonography, X-ray and pathology along with referral services.
All maternity homes will be provide with laboratory facilities.
Break-up of the tie-up
The operations of 5 of East corporations maternity centres, with
their existing infrastructure and assets, will be handed over to
corporate hospitals.
Doctors and staff from corporate hospitals will treat the maternity centre residents.
The corporate partner will provide manage human resources.
Corporation will bear of cost of running the centres.
