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Health

This department has been vested with the responsibility of maintaining and developing the health care system in W.B. Public health, sanitation and hospitals are the exclusive responsibilities of the State.

Staff Nurse – Duties and Responsibilities

Staff Nurse is the first level professional Nurse in the hospital set up. She will be skilled nurse, giving expert bed side care to patient and executing special technical duties in the special areas like OT, ICU etc.

Scale Movement of the Officers of WBHS & WBPH & AS Cadre

Governor is pleased to direct that the two G.O.s vide no. 10581-F(P) dt. 28.12.2012 and no. 3101-F(P) dt. 17.04.2013 of Finance Department may be communicated to the sub-ordinate establishment for necessary action with additional directions regarding procedures if necessary.

Fixed Monthly Honorarium ASHAs

Payment of monthly fixed honorarium to the ASHAs at the rate of Rs. 1300.00 only per month per ASHA with effect from 01.04.2013 until further orders in addition to their monthly performance based incentive received by them as usual, from NRHM fund.

Guidelines for Recruitment of House-Staff

First preference is to be given to the candidates completing Internship in the current year of WBUHS, next preference to the candidates of immediate previous year, and so on. Then candidates from states outside West Bengal in the same way.

Prohibition Order of Gutkha and Pan Masala

The manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco and/or nicotine as ingredients, is hereby prohibited for a period of one year with effect from 01.05.2013 in West Bengal.

Guideline for Preparedness on H1N1 Influenza in Govt Sector

At present there is no need to start separate influenza OPD for screening of patients. The screening is to be done at general OPD till further direction. Patient who need to undergo swab collection: Patient with high fever (101.4°) & severe sore throat. There may or may not be other associated symptoms like diarrhoea, vomiting, head ache, body ache etc.

Duty Hours of Medical Officers, Staffs providing Patient Care Service

Governor is pleased to authorize the Superintendent of the different hospitals to adjust the hours of duty of Medical Officers of their institutions on specified days in the week or by rotation to run the indoor and other services on Sundays/notified holidays. On such holidays the indoor, emergency and other services will be provided through local arrangements in consultation with medical officers/specialists and other staff.
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