Special units to implement MSDS at hospitals

Meeting also discusses training of post-graduates of teaching hospitals

LAHORE:

To ensure continuous improvement in the healthcare service delivery and implementation of the minimum service delivery standards (MSDS), it has been proposed that special units should be created in public-sector teaching hospitals.

This was discussed in a meeting held at the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) office on Tuesday, which was presided over by the Board of Commissioners PHC Chairperson Dr Attiya Mubarak Khalid.

It was also proposed in the meeting that a new module, based on the MSDS and their implementation, be introduced in the training of the post-graduates of the teaching hospitals.

Heads of the medical institutes and hospitals vowed to implement MSDS for further improvement in the healthcare service delivery.

They also deliberated various issues of patient safety, neglected standard operating procedures, quality healthcare, and promotion of the culture of quality in hospitals.

They underlined the need for awareness and advocacy regarding the MSDS and their continuous implementation, adverse event reporting mechanism and complaint management.

On this occasion, a detailed briefing was given about the mandate and achievements of the PHC. It was also mentioned that the Commission had developed MSDS for almost all kinds of healthcare establishments and had imparted training on the Standards to health professionals and managers as part of a comprehensive training programme.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2022.