Vigilance and Security in government hospitals in West Bengal
The West Bengal Government has decide to tighten the security in government hospitals and medical colleges following the recent blasts in a hospital in Ahmedabad.The State Finance Department approved the recommendations and the decision now rests entirely with the Home Department.
According to the announcement ,an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) will be in charge of all security arrangements at medical colleges in Kolkata and district medical colleges and hospitals will be under the supervision of Superintendent of Police (DSP).
The nine goverment hospitals and medical colleges in the state will have high ranking officials to take care of the security arrangements.It has been made mandatory for the doctors as well as the paramedical staff to wear uniform along with an identity card now onwards. The clerical staff was exempted from this but they will have to wear the identity cards.
The existing hospitals and medical colleges in West Bengal are in dire need of security arrangement revision and it looks like the Government is doing the needful.