2 audit teams to monitor oxygen consumption at private hospitals in Jalandhar
A day after conducting audit on consumption and demand of oxygen at the Civil Hospital, the district administration on Tuesday constituted two audit teams to continuously monitor oxygen consumption at private hospitals in the district.
The development would streamline the demand and supply of oxygen at all the healthcare institutes, said officials concerned.
Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said earlier, audit teams were formed only for the Civil Hospital, which helped in plugging pilferage, low pressure and leakages. Now, two more teams have been formed to conduct oxygen audits at all private hospitals.
“First team comprises Bundala Senior Medical Officer Dr Ashoke Kaul, Talwandi Sanghera SMO Dr Gurpreet Singh and ETO Neeraj Kumar. The second team includes Kartarpur SMO Dr Kuldeep, Bhogpur SMO Dr Parminder and ETO Harjot Singh Bedi,” said Thori.
The two teams would personally monitor the demand and consumption of oxygen at private hospitals, including its rationing.
The team members have also been asked to prepare a daily report of audit on demand, supply and consumption at Covid Care facilities.
In addition, officials said as of now oxygen supply to non-medical institutions was completely stopped in the district and the police would act sternly against the ones indulging in hoarding and black-marketing of oxygen cylinders. Meanwhile, some private hospitals started denying admission to Covid-19 patients due to shortage of medical oxygen. As a result, ICU beds at the Civil Hospital were also getting occupied rapidly.