STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has accorded National Certification under National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) Programme to PHC Kakapora (Pulwama) and UPHC Shastri Nagar (Jammu), and National certification under LaQshya to CHC Pattan (Baramulla) in recognition of the high standards of quality and ensuring Respectful Maternity Care in the concerned hospitals.
The certified facilities were assessed by a team of highly qualified and empanelled assessors from the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in the month of June and July, 2022 and have been rated as Quality Certified under NQAS and LaQshya programs of National Health Mission as communicated by Additional Secretary & Mission Director, NHM, MoH&FW GoI, in a letter addressed to the UT Government. The National Certification will be valid for a period of three years subject to annual verification of the scores by the State Quality Assurance Committee.
PHC Kakapora and UPHC Shastri Nagar shall receive an additional annual grant of Rs.3.00 lakhs each as part of NQAS certification for next three years while as CHC Pattan shall receive an additional annual grant of Rs. 4.00 lakh as part of the LaQshya certification for next three years under National Health Mission for further strengthening, following which there will be re-inspection.
Under the guidance of Director Health Services Jammu, Dr. Salim ur Rehman, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Harbaksh Singh the team comprising Medical Officer UPHC Shastri Nagar, Dr. Ila Gupta, RMNCH Coordinator Dr. Roli Sharma, DEIC Manager Geetanjali Jasrotia and DPM Jammu Dr. Esha Kohli has been successful in achieving National Quality Assurance Certification (NQAS) for UPHC Shastri Nagar Jammu. Staff of the health institution put in sincere efforts to achieve the NQAS Certification with overall score of 91.4 % which is appreciable. CMO Jammu congratulated all the team members and staff for this remarkable achievement which has raised the bar of quality and standards for other institutions to follow. This achievement would be an inspiration to improve health care services for the public.
Administrative Secretary, Health & Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar while congratulating the staff of the concerned certified hospitals for this achievement, urged all Medical Colleges, District Hospitals and CHCs of the J&K UT to work for implementation of NQAS and LaQshya standards for improved patient care.
Elaborating on the achievement, Mission Director, NHM, Yasin M. Choudhary said that the certification has been accorded to these facilities in recognition of the “high standards of quality and performance maintained by the hospital” and informed that under NHM all efforts are being made to strengthen the health care delivery system to the utmost satisfaction of general public.
