Chandigarh: Smart attendance from May 1 at health facilities

In case of GMCH-32, Garg added that though RFTID card-based machines were procured more than a year back, these were never put to use and there is a need to immediately made these functional without further delay

The state health department has taken a big step to increase accountability of its staff by implementing a biometric attendance system. (File)

In a review meeting held by Yashpal Garg, Secretary Health, it was decided that from May 1, manual attendance will not be permitted in any of the health facilities of the UT Administration. Garg said that each health facility should be provided with a biometric/face recognition/card-based attendance system. For GMSH 16, the process of purchasing 10 machines of face recognition attendance system is going on through GeM and may be implemented within one month, and if required, additional smart attendance systems will be purchased. In case of GMCH-32, Garg added that though RFTID card-based machines were procured more than a year back, these were never put to use and there is a need to immediately made these functional without further delay.

Garg directed the Director Principal GMCH-32, Director Health Services and Director (AYUSH) to take immediate action in this regard.

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