1Assistant Professor cum Medical Officer of Rural Health Centre, Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi
2Lecturer, Yasouj University of Medical Sciences, Yasouj, Iran
3Prof. & Head, Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi
Online published on 31 January, 2015.
Government of India is committed to strengthening the health sector for improving health status of the population. In order to ensure these, Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) were laid down with the overall objective to provide healthcare that is quality oriented and sensitive to needs of the people. The present study was carried out to assess how far a 200-bedded hospital conformed to IPHS. A cross-sectional study was done at Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra hospital, Narela to assess four important domains as per the IPHS i.e. manpower, equipment, procedures performed and diseases treated using standardized checklists. Out of 26 sanctioned posts of doctors only 11 were filled. Nearly all equipments for imaging, labor room, operation theatre and laboratory were in place. Only 50% of medical and dermatological procedures while no ophthalmic procedure were being performed. Huge gap exists between sanctioned and filled positions of specialists and utilization of resources in the hospital.
Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), Assessment, Secondary level hospital (200-bedded)
