Set Up Flying Squads To Inspect Govt Hospitals, Ensure Doctors & Medical Staff Attend Duty During Working Hours: Madras HC Directs Health Secy

The Madras High Court recently directed the government to constitute "Flying Squads" at Regional and District levels to conduct frequent surprise inspections in Government Hospitals, Primary Health Centres, etc., across the State to ensure that Doctors and other staffs are properly working in the hospitals and also ensure that the Hospitals are working in a good manner. Justice SM Subramaniam observed, The 1st respondent is directed to constitute required number of "Flying Squads" at Regional levels / District levels for the purpose of conducting frequent surprise inspections in Government Hospitals, Primary Health Centres, etc., across the State of Tamil Nadu and ensure that the Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical staff attend their duties as per the rules in force and present during the working hours in the medical institutions, and to monitor the functioning of the Hospitals in all respects including the quality of treatments and medicines supplied to the patients etc. It was informed that the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporations Limited is functioning as the Nodal Agency for procurement of medicines which involves an open tender process to procure drugs from the manufacturers and supply drugs to Government Hospitals. Further, Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System was set up in Primary Health Centres and other Public Health Institutions to monitor the attendance of Doctors, Nurses and Paramedical Staff in all the medical institutions across the State of Tamil Nadu.