Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday visited the LNJP Hospital and inspected the medical and infrastructural facilities at the hospital.
He spent almost two hours at the hospital hearing the concerns of the patients, doctors and hospital staff. He visited the emergency block, diabetes unit, dialysis centre, casualty wing, OPDs etc as part of his visit.
During his visit, Jung was apprised that LNJP has one of the largest haemophilia centres in the country besides other super speciality facilities.
Urging the hospital to take up more programmes about health awareness, the Lieutenant Governor said, "There should be greater awareness generated about haemophilia so that people are aware of bleeding disorders and realise the value of blood banks and particularly of blood donation." He said, "More and more people should come forward and donate blood."
The World Haemophilia Day is observed on the 17th of April.
During the Lieutenant Governor's visit, a presentation on envisioning LNJP as a model hospital was made to him. The presentation highlighted the challenges that lay before a large hospital such as LNJP, such as patient amenities, infrastructure development, human resources management, IT enabled services etc.
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The Lieutenant Governor examined both the short-term as well as long-term measures that need to be undertaken to create LNJP into a model hospital, which includes creation of new OPD facilities, improving kitchen services, ensuring better parking facilities, better sanitation etc.
During the visit to the hospital, the Lieutenant Governor particularly visited the new facilities being developed, especially the new OPDs and gave suggestions to improve the facilities, keeping the patients' needs and concerns in mind.
He highlighted the importance of providing a comfortable ambience to the patients and suggested that the hospital have a well equipped waiting area, especially for children.
He also visited the catering facilities and voiced concerns about the food being served to the patients. He was informed that the Delhi Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology is helping the hospital improve its catering services.
During his visit, Jung said, "Hospitals are critical for any city, but more so for a city like Delhi which caters to not just the residents of Delhi but to thousands of patients who come from outside Delhi seeking medical help. It becomes all the more necessary for hospitals to be equipped such that they can live up to the growing needs of the patients."
On the 6th of March 2014, a meeting to review the functioning of Hospitals was convened by the Lt. Governor in which he had highlighted the need to improve patient care facilities, OPD facilities, drug availability, general upkeep and sanitation, and security and infrastructure of hospitals in NCT.
He had constituted a committee under the chairpersonship of Secretary (Finance), with Secretary (Health), Secretary (PWD) as members, who were directed to adopt the LNJP and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospitals so that they could become model hospitals, at par with the best health care facilities in the NCTD. The Lieutenant Governor will further take a meeting with the above concerned to take forward the steps to convert the LNJP into a model hospital within a stipulated time frame.
Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, earlier known as Irwin hospital, dates back to the 1930s and has been offering medical facilities in the National Capital Region of Delhi for several decades. There is an average footfall of 25000 people to the hospital complex every day.