GH display board to show real time postmortem data
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:22.12.2018
An electronic board displaying the number of bodies to undergo postmortem and the expected time for the procedure will be placed outside Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to help grieving relatives waiting outside the mortuary get real time information.
The move is expected to reduce chances of corruption and avoid conflicts with mortuary staff, the hospital announced.
Postmortem is conducted by the hospital in case of unnatural deaths as in road accidents, falls or suicide or when case of death cannot be ascertained (brought dead). The department of forensic medicine has already started putting up handwritten display boards with details including time of receiving the body, name of police station that has registered the case, status of inquest, and expected time of postmortem.
In the last few months, the hospital has received complaints that staff demanded bribes to take bodies out of freezer and release them after postmortems. Similar complaints from patients’ relatives were also received inside ward.
After holding discussions with the police in August and October, the hospital has added more than 120 high resolution cameras on campus to prevent corruption and other crimes inside the ward, hospital dean Dr R Jayanthi said at a press conference on Friday. “Ever since, there were no cases of robbery or harassment filed by the police outpost,” she said.
A week ago DVAC officials raided various government hospitals following charges of corruption.
Two senior doctors in the post of professors are also posted each morning as vigilance officers of the day to inspect different wards, she said. Based on the reports, at least five housekeeping staff from various wards have been terminated after patients complained of harassment for bribes in the last six months.
“Around the same time, we have initiated inquiry against five permanent staff. They have been transferred to other departments pending inquiry,” she said.
Doctors at the hospital said after the security beef up there have not been any incident of relatives of patients beating up doctors in emergency and casualty wards. “It is also because we now have set protocols to reduce waiting time in the emergency department and this has reduced mortality rates by nearly 85% since January,” she said.
The move is expected to prevent chances of corruption and avoid conflicts with mortuary staff, the hospital announced
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:22.12.2018
An electronic board displaying the number of bodies to undergo postmortem and the expected time for the procedure will be placed outside Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to help grieving relatives waiting outside the mortuary get real time information.
The move is expected to reduce chances of corruption and avoid conflicts with mortuary staff, the hospital announced.
Postmortem is conducted by the hospital in case of unnatural deaths as in road accidents, falls or suicide or when case of death cannot be ascertained (brought dead). The department of forensic medicine has already started putting up handwritten display boards with details including time of receiving the body, name of police station that has registered the case, status of inquest, and expected time of postmortem.
In the last few months, the hospital has received complaints that staff demanded bribes to take bodies out of freezer and release them after postmortems. Similar complaints from patients’ relatives were also received inside ward.
After holding discussions with the police in August and October, the hospital has added more than 120 high resolution cameras on campus to prevent corruption and other crimes inside the ward, hospital dean Dr R Jayanthi said at a press conference on Friday. “Ever since, there were no cases of robbery or harassment filed by the police outpost,” she said.
A week ago DVAC officials raided various government hospitals following charges of corruption.
Two senior doctors in the post of professors are also posted each morning as vigilance officers of the day to inspect different wards, she said. Based on the reports, at least five housekeeping staff from various wards have been terminated after patients complained of harassment for bribes in the last six months.
“Around the same time, we have initiated inquiry against five permanent staff. They have been transferred to other departments pending inquiry,” she said.
Doctors at the hospital said after the security beef up there have not been any incident of relatives of patients beating up doctors in emergency and casualty wards. “It is also because we now have set protocols to reduce waiting time in the emergency department and this has reduced mortality rates by nearly 85% since January,” she said.
The move is expected to prevent chances of corruption and avoid conflicts with mortuary staff, the hospital announced