ALAPPUZHA: The District Hospital Development Society, which met here on Monday in the backdrop of SAT Hospital controversy, has issued orders to ensure sanitation in the Medical College Hospital at Vandanam, the Women and Child Hospital here and all other hospices.

Meeting held

K.C. Venugopal, MLA, speaking at the meeting told the Society, which met under the chairmanship of District Collector V.K. Balakrishnan, that there were several complaints related to sanitation in district hospitals here. The deficiencies in the existing sanitation system had to be sorted out and strict measures taken up to ensure clean and hygienic surroundings in hospitals, he said.

District Medical Officer N.N. Murali said all the hospitals had been put on alert over possible hospital-acquired infections and to take up measures to prevent any such eventualities.

A proposal estimated at Rs.55 lakh had been prepared for cleaning and fumigating all operation theatres and important installations in the hospitals, Dr. Murali said.

The Collector has also issued directions to ensure that there were no problems due to shortage in sanitary staff. Mr. Balakrishnan asked the health authorities to recruit staff on a temporary basis for the purpose.

K.S. Manoj, MP, District Panchayat president R. Nasr, Municipal chairman P.P. Chittaranjan and others were present.

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