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At Delhi Cabinet meeting today, discussion on roping in PSUs for managing OPDs likely

According to officials, the key aim of these projects is to improve and expand the services in government hospitals

Currently, only three hospitals have MRI scan facilities in Delhi. Even at these hospitals, the machines are often out of order (Representative image/Archive)

Management of OPDs through public sector undertakings (PSUs), and introduction of MRI facilities in all government hospitals, apart from other projects related to healthcare, will be in focus as the Delhi Cabinet holds a key meeting on Tuesday.

According to officials, the key aim of these projects is to improve and expand the services in government hospitals.

“A three-point agenda will be discussed in tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting that will be chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. One of the key projects that will be taken up in the meeting is introducing MRI scan facilities in all major government hospitals under the PPP model,” said an official. Currently, only three hospitals — Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Hospital (LNJP), GB Pant, and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital — have MRI scan facilities in Delhi. Even at these hospitals, the machines are often out of order.

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Patients have to wait for a long period — ranging from 30 days to six months — for a scan.

Another proposal to be discussed in the meeting is the management of OPDs. “To streamline the process, the government is planning to rope in PSUs to manage the crowd and curb long queues in the OPD. Currently, hospitals engage private third parties for data entry, appointment, registration of patients, generating OPD cards etc…,” said an official.

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