Get birth certificates on discharge at GHs from Jan 1
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:20.12.2018
From January 1, parents need not apply for birth certificates for their newborn. While mothers giving births at the government hospitals will be given birth certificates on the day of discharge along with their discharge summary, those delivering at private hospitals will be able to download them from government website within 21 days, said director of public health Dr K Kolandaisamy, who is also the registrar of births and deaths in the state.
In Chennai, however, parents can download their children’s birth certificates from civic agency’s website. Since July 2009, all primary health centers in the state have been handing out birth certificates free of cost at the time of discharge and the health inspectors of the areas were posted as birth registrars.
Since September this year, the facility was extended at all state-run maternity hospitals, non-taluk hospitals, taluk and district headquarters hospitals, medical college hospitals and ESI hospitals as per orders issued by the Supreme Court. This will be implemented on town panchayats, municipalities and corporation limits. “At least 60% of all deliveries in the state happen at public hospitals. There were some initial problems, but things have smoothened now,” he said. “While parents who have decided names for their children can record it on their webpages, other will be able to add names through online facility within one year. The purpose is to make the process easy for people,” he said.
Since registration of pregnancy is mandatory, all pregnant women in the state are given special identification numbers with which birth certificates are issued. “The state already has most details including name of mother, father and their residential addresses. The hospitals will have to update the place and date of birth,” said a senior official.
Greater Chennai Corporation, which has a successful online birth registration programme, is helping the state develop process for the entire state.
The civic agency is also developing mobile applications that will enable corrections in names dates and address in the application. The state will soon extend the facility of taking a hard copy of birth certificate from the private hospitals by end of 2019, officials said.
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:20.12.2018
From January 1, parents need not apply for birth certificates for their newborn. While mothers giving births at the government hospitals will be given birth certificates on the day of discharge along with their discharge summary, those delivering at private hospitals will be able to download them from government website within 21 days, said director of public health Dr K Kolandaisamy, who is also the registrar of births and deaths in the state.
In Chennai, however, parents can download their children’s birth certificates from civic agency’s website. Since July 2009, all primary health centers in the state have been handing out birth certificates free of cost at the time of discharge and the health inspectors of the areas were posted as birth registrars.
Since September this year, the facility was extended at all state-run maternity hospitals, non-taluk hospitals, taluk and district headquarters hospitals, medical college hospitals and ESI hospitals as per orders issued by the Supreme Court. This will be implemented on town panchayats, municipalities and corporation limits. “At least 60% of all deliveries in the state happen at public hospitals. There were some initial problems, but things have smoothened now,” he said. “While parents who have decided names for their children can record it on their webpages, other will be able to add names through online facility within one year. The purpose is to make the process easy for people,” he said.
Since registration of pregnancy is mandatory, all pregnant women in the state are given special identification numbers with which birth certificates are issued. “The state already has most details including name of mother, father and their residential addresses. The hospitals will have to update the place and date of birth,” said a senior official.
Greater Chennai Corporation, which has a successful online birth registration programme, is helping the state develop process for the entire state.
The civic agency is also developing mobile applications that will enable corrections in names dates and address in the application. The state will soon extend the facility of taking a hard copy of birth certificate from the private hospitals by end of 2019, officials said.
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