Under the National Iron + Initiative, iron and folic acid supplementation is being given across life stages including pregnant, lactating women and adolescent girls at health facilities and during outreach activities.
Action may be taken against hospital/ clinic for refusal to treat victims of acid attacks in contravention of the provisions of Section 357C of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Safe Abortion Care Services will be provided through empanelled Private registered Medical Practitioners at public health facilities which do not have CAC trained MOs till date or will not be provided with CAC trained MOs in 2014-15.
Govt health facilities/units will provide full course of medicine to the patients as per prescription provided by the attending physician in the OPD at the time of/during the first visit at Govt hospital & also at emergency department.
In accordance with the recommendations of the Expert Group, it has been decided to restructure and reorient the OPD and the Emergency Departments in IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.
Calcutta Pavlov Hospital is hereby declared as the 2nd campus of Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata; and the following medical-administrative protocol and general administrative protocol will be followed for such purpose.
Increasing access to and provision of quality service for Safe Abortion is part of Government of West Bengal’s maternal health strategy to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in the state as unsafe abortion is still one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity.
The Superintendents are directed to Constitute 11 (eleven) Quality Circles in their hospital for Quality improvement and each such Circle must have at least one member trained at Swasthya Bhawan.
For the execution of the Quality Assurance Programme, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has decided to institute the Quality management System in all the six secondary level district hospitals.
A High Level Task Force was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. Tridib Banerjee towards facilitation of activities of the Department in reduction of Infant/Maternal Mortality of the state. After having made some substantial improvement in Facility Based newborn Care, it seems necessary to improve the facility based maternal care also.