Govt. hospital in Alangudi gets NQAS, Kayakalp certification
According to an official press release, as part of the NQAS assessment, a team of officials from Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, and Visakhapatnam inspected the hospital, and enquired about professional knowledge, service, cleanliness, and the performance of its 13 departments. NQAS was instituted by the National Health and Family Welfare Department in 2013 to promote quality healthcare services in government hospitals and primary health centres. The standards are vetted by the National Society for Quality in External Health Care Quality Association.
Kayakalp, a national initiative by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, aimed at promoting cleanliness, hygiene, and infection control in public healthcare facilities, has been rolled out in secondary and primary care facilities in Tamil Nadu through the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services and the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, respectively.
M. Periyasamy, chief medical officer, said that these programmes had resulted in fewer hospital-acquired infections, early recovery, and discharge of patients in healthy conditions, indirectly improving the doctor-patient relationship.
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