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Bengaluru, Feb 4: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has asked the Health and Medical Education Department to ensure that the patients get quality medicines at minimum price in government hospitals.

Distribution of medicines should be decentalised in this regard, he said while reviewing the functioning of Health and Medical Education departmentsin Bengaluru on Friday, February 4.

The government drug outlets should have their presence at local level and should have all the medicines. The stock and account records should be digitised. Quality of the medicines purchased should be confirmed. Medicines should be procured directly from the manufacturers after comparing their price in neighboring states, the Chief Minister instructed.

Action to improve nutrition level of mother and child within one year, he said.

The Chief Minister asked the officials to formulate an integrated nutrition programme for mother and child health. Greater focus is needed in this regard at taluk and district level.

“Get the necessary funds to improve the nutrition level and bring a significant change in this regard within a year,” he said.

Bommai instructed the setting up of New Primary Health Centres only in districts where they are needed. He also stressed the need for setting up Dialysis centres in the PPP model at the district level.

Medical Education

“Write to the National Medical Council to make one year internship compulsory for medical students in government colleges. Relieve the District Medical Officers from administrative work of the hospitals and appoint KAS officers for administrative work in the hospitals. Issue the orders for opening a government medical college in Chitradurga. Create the infrastructure to start first and second year classes and expand the facilities in phases,” Bommai instructed.

Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar and senior officials of the departments were present.