AIIMS Delhi constitutes two committees to assess safety measures at campus

The AIIMS Delhi administration on Wednesday appealed to striking resident doctors to resume duties in the interest of patient care saying a collaborative internal security audit will be conducted to assess safety and security measures within the campusTwo committees have also been constituted by the administration to look into safety issues at the institute and other concerns of the doctorsResident doctors of AIIMS have been on strike demanding central legislation for the protection of healthcare workers following the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at a staterun medical college and hospital in KolkataBesides the security audit the AIIMS administration has also decided to install Alenabled CCTV cameras at key entry and exit points of the Mother and Child Block on a pilot basisSuch cameras shall be able to recognise all visitors with facial recognition technology and shall help security staff to identify persons entering and exiting frequently thereby helping them in access control of unauthorised personnelAIIMS Director Dr V Srinivas said the entire AIIMS family stands behind the cause of safety of all healthcare professionals at the premier hospital and across the countryHowever as doctors our supreme duty is also to ensure that patients visiting our portals do not go unattended he said in an appeal documentSrinivas said the administration has decided to undertake a collaborative internal security audit at AIIMS New Delhi with regard to the safety and security of healthcare professionals staff patients and visitors and to facilitate the same a 15member committee has been constitutedThe committee will be headed by Dr Puneet Kaur Head the Department of Biophysics There will be representatives of FAIIMS Resident Doctors Association Students Union Nurses Union and Society of Young Scientists among others on the panelThe committee will visit AIIMS campuses including outreach campuses like NCI Jhajjar Haryana NDDTC Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh CRHSP Ballabgarh Haryana etc during the day and at night and survey security measures it saidThe committee will also deliberate on any additional safety and security measures required in the AIIMS campus and submit its recommendations at the earliest for speedy implementationThe government of India is committed to the cause of healthcare professionals safety unequivocally and the Supreme Court while assuring affirmative action for ensuring safety of healthcare professionals has requested all doctors to resume duties in the interest of patient care he saidRequesting the resident doctors of AIIMS New Delhi to resume their duties immediately so that patient care services are normalised he addedTo address immediate concerns of healthcare professionals of the institute another fourmember committee comprising Dean Academic Dean Research Medical Superintendent and Chief Security Officer has been constitutedBesides an office order said the Director AIIMS has taken multiple rounds of the hospital campus and has noted that many times same external persons are found entering and exiting various buildings under the garb of patient attendants delivery agents etc thereby arousing suspicion of such persons being touts or impersonators visiting the campus frequentlyThe security staff has also expressed difficulty in identifying such frequent visitors as they are on shift duty and it is not possible for them to raise suspicion as many times it leads to inconvenience to genuine visitors and patients attendantsThere have been news reports of other important hospitals wherein such unauthorized personnel have even caused gross harm to patients and there have been reports of patients being sometimes misguided and fleeced in AIIMS as wellIt has been decided to install Alenabled CCTV cameras at key entry and exit points of Mother and Child Block on a pilot basis Such cameras shall be able to recognize all visitors with facial recognition technology and shall help security staff to identify which all persons are entering and exiting frequently thereby helping them in access control of unauthorised personnel the order saidResident doctors will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday the 10th day of their indefinite strike over the alleged rape and murder of a medic in a Kolkata hospitalElective services in several government hospitals across the city have remained suspended due to the protestsAIIMS GTB Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals Maulana Azad Medical College and its associated hospitals have released individual statements urging participation in the silent protestMembers of Resident Doctors Association from major hospitals in Delhi along with the Federation of Resident Doctors Associations FORDA and the Federation of All India Medical Associations FAIMA have been on an indefinite strikeThe body of the postgraduate trainee doctor was found in the seminar hall of staterun RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9 A civic volunteer was arrested in connection with the crime the next dayThe Calcutta High Court later handed over the case to the CBIThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever