A ECHS MEETING was chaired by the Station Commander Chandimandir on 06 Dec 2016 .It was attended by all Officer-In charge-of ECHS Clinics and Ex-Servicemen at Chandimandir and Western Command Hospital representative dealing with ECHS Clinics also attended
The suggestive points to further improve upon the working conditions of all ECHS Clinics were handed over in writing to the Station Commander and were discussed during the meeting by one and all.
The suggestive points were accepted in Principal and implementation shall be done as soon as possible.
Col Ranjit Singh Boparai ,President Sanjha Morcha put across these points during the meet and was well appreciated
WORD FILE FOR CLARITY OF VETERANS
To,
GOC-in-C
Western Command
Chandimandir
SUB:- SUGGESTIVE MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICES AT ECHS CLINICS
There is lot of scope to enhance the capabilities of ECHS Clinics with some improvement measures if accepted and adopted which are as under
- EXTENSION OF REGISTRATION TIMINGS
Due to onset of winter season there is need to extend the registration timings for incoming Patients at all ECHS Clinics till 1400hrs and availability of medical officers till 1600hrs.
- ENHANCEMENT OF O/IC LOCAL PURCHASE FINANCIAL POWERS.
At present the officer in charge of ECHS has local purchase financial powers of Rs 30,000/- p.m to purchase medicine. Keeping in view the higher rates of essential medicines in the market there is need to enhance the Financial powers to Rs 60,000/-
- PROVISION OF DRESSING/INJECTION ROOM
It’s a long felt demand of this basic primary and essential need to have a small MI room in every ECHS Clinic. In case of any emergency the veterans can approach the Clinic for dressing or for Injection as prescribed by the MO.
- PROVISION OF X-RAY MACHINE
It has been experienced from the past that once the patient is referred to any dependents hospital for X-ray, the said hospital take full advantage of taking the X-ray and thereafter invariably recommend for CT scan, thus charging for both services. In view of this it is suggested that an X-ray machine should be placed in every ECHS clinic, to enable the MO to diagnosis and prescribe and take future course of action.
- MEDICINES DECLARED NON-AVAILABLE(NA)
Non Availability of any medicine at ECHS Clinic to any veteran could be termed as the biggest torture in terms of time and conveyance expenditure. The NA medicines in case can only be collected from Western Command Hospital, provided they are available. There is need to inter link the medicine availability at ECHS clinics and Western Command Hospital via Internet connectivity. In case a medicine is declared NA at ECHS Clinics, then availability of medicine in the Western Command hospital should be able to see on CALL at ECHS Clinic Computer system. In case not feasible than only alternative is enhancement the financial powers of Officer in Charge ECHS Clinic to overcome the shortfall of essential medicines at priority.
- LUDHINA ECHS CLINIC VETERAN MAIN SUFFERERS ON NA MEDICINES.
Ludhiana ECHS clinic in case provided NA for any medicines than the nearest hospital Military Hospital is at Jullundur (75 Km away). Maximum veterans prefer to buy NA declared Medicines from their pocket as proceeding to Jullundur by any mode is time consuming and expensive. The senior veterans can ill effort to take the journey without attendant. It is suggested that financial powers of ECHS Ludhiana should be enhanced to Rs 100,000/- p.m so that the demand of medicine is met without causing any inconvenience to Veterans as a special case.
- SHIFTING OF ECHS MOHALI TO PHASE X NEW BUILDING
In order to facilitate veterans with provision of all facilities under one roof at one location a centralize building known as Sainik Sadan has come up in PHASE X Mohali. As per the original drawings the Canteen was allocated basement area
- ECHS Clinic 3/4th of the Ground Floor on the right side
- Dy Director Saink Welfare office to the left on Ground Floor
- SAINIK Rest House on the IInd floor.
Its unfortunate that due to smartness of present Dy Director Sainik Welfare shifted his office from 2nd Floor of DC Mohali Office in Phase-I and occupied the ECHS portion without approval from any competent authority, not even the Director Saink Welfare.
It will be worth to note that the portion of the building earmarked and designed in the original approved drawing by GMADA prepared by Architect has been taken over by DD Sainik Welfare office and ECHS Clinic portion has been shifted on the First Floor without any coordination with O I/C ECHS Mohali .
The area occupied by DDSW is much more than authorized to a staff of 6-7 employees.
It would be criminal to ask the Senior citizen patients to climb to the second floor. Even if there is a Electric lift provision exists but as we are aware of the fact that electric supply in Punjab is unpredictable it would be justified to have will only generate more problems and inconvenience to the Senior Veterans suffering from Arthritis and knee and heart problems.
Hence it is strongly suggested that Dy Director Sainik Welfare should occupy the portion allocated to his office in the original drawings and ECHS Clinic should be accommodated in its authorized portion of the building at the ground Floor . The IInd Foor should be exclusively for the Saink Rest House.
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Col Charanjit Singh Col Ranjit Singh Boparai
Gen Secy President
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