Port Blair, Mar 07: Mr. Jitendra Narayan, Chief Secretary, A&N Islands alongwith Mr. Suneel Anchipaka, Deputy Commissioner (SA) paid a surprise visit to GB Pant Hospital during the midnight of Saturday to take first hand stock of prevailing conditions in the hospital.
The Chief Secretary inspected Emergency Room, Casualty & others wards along with Director of Health Services. He made intensive interactions with patients in almost all the wards & enquired about the services being provided to the patients by the doctors and other para medical staffs. He had interactions with the Pharmacists in the medicine counter and enquired about the availability of medicines.
He also interacted with Duty doctors, Nurses, Ambulance drivers, OPD counter staff & Security Guards. The functional aspects of the 102 control room and Ambulance response time was also noticed. He appreciated the services being rendered by the doctors and other staffs in providing quality services in the health sector and urged each one of them to render their services with utmost dedication.
He further reiterated that the basic purpose of such a visit was to encourage doctors on duty & other para medical staffs. He further assured that the A&N Administration is fully committed to further improve the health care services being provided to the local populace.
