Haryana to Ensure Doctors’ Attendance in Govt Hospitals via Biometric, Geofencing: Arti Singh Rao

Haryana Health Minister Arti Singh Rao informed that in the future, the state government will ensure the attendance of doctors in government hospitals through biometric or geofencing systems. The Health Minister was responding to a question raised by a member of the House during the Budget Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.

She stated that currently, due to the poor condition of the doctors’ hostel at Al-Afia General Hospital located in village Mandi Khera, which falls under the Ferozepur Jhirka Assembly constituency, doctors have been permitted to reside in Gurugram, Faridabad and Rewari. In the future, efforts will be made to arrange facilities so that doctors posted at this hospital can live in the vicinity of the hospital.

Responding to the next part of the question, the Health Minister said that Mandi Khera Hospital already has all major health facilities such as OPD, IPD, Emergency Department, Blood Bank, NCD Clinic, SNCU, RTI & STI services, Operation Theatre, Physiotherapy, ICU, Isolation Ward, General Ward, X-ray, Ultrasound and Labour Room. 

Adequate staff, equipment and essential medicines are already available in the hospital. She further informed that the hospital records an average of around 800 OPD patients daily, while about 40 patients are admitted as indoor patients. 

To reduce out-of-pocket expenditure for the public, the Health Department provides medicines and consumables free of cost to all patients as per the essential drug list. Medicines are procured at the state level through the Haryana Medical Services Corporation and supplied through designated warehouses.

If any medicine becomes unavailable, it is arranged locally using MMIY/User Charges after obtaining NAC through the Online Drug Inventory and Supply Chain Management System (ODIMS) portal, ensuring uninterrupted patient care and avoiding shortages of essential medicines. She added that currently 460 types of essential medicines are available at Al-Afia General Hospital, Mandi Khera.

Arti Singh Rao further stated that a Jan Aushadhi Kendra has also been functioning in the hospital since 5 February 2025, where 208 types of generic medicines are available.