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Report of the 1st Biennial Health Conference 7-9 November 2011 e. Quality assurance to be assured by checking the accessories as per specifications; f. Additional requests for drugs and non-drug items to be done for reasonable quantities and with proper justification; and g. Medical supplies for projects to be made as per the MoUs signed between MoH and concerned projects; INVENTORY AND MAINTENANCE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS – Mr. Tshering Dorji, Head- BES, DMS Mr. Tshering Dorji, Chief Engineer, BES made a presentation on the inventory and maintenance of medical equipments and further highlighted on critical issues regarding inventory and maintenance. He informed the forum that the BES has been upgraded to a division through the directive provided by the cabinet. He apprised the forum that the division has adopted the equipment log book system. Further, he also raised that the current system of purchasing the equipments with the lowest rates should be reviewed as it leads to the mismatch between the brand and specifications of the existing machines and desired accessories. Following the presentation, the forum discussed on a series of issues related to the medical equipments. The conference, realizing the need to make the medical equipments functional at all times and to ensure the availability of right equipments at the right facilities reinforced that: a. The log book introduced in 2009 should be maintained and reported as per the guideline (to be developed); b. The medical equipment maintenance should be addressed based on the assessment of urgency and needs; c. To carry out regular preventive maintenance; and, d. The Bio Medical Engineering Service should install and train the health personnel on installation and use of medical equipments. -32-
Report of the 1st Biennial Health Conference 7-9 November 2011 STRENGTHENING MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM- Mr. Rinchen Namgyal, Dy. CPO, DMS Mr. Rinchen Namgyal, DMS, apprised the forum on the objective, relevance and importance of the supervision checklist. He also briefed the forum that the utilization of supervision checklist has been reviewed and the findings of the review were presented to the forum. The forum raised their views on the specific components of the check list such as the nature of the interviews, sources for data, questions in the checklist on the infection control measures etc... The Chair agreed that the feedback on the checklist was valid and that a meeting involving the relevant stakeholders should be convened to fine tune the checklist. The forum raised queries as to how the analysis of the checklist and the follow up on the findings of the analysis are carried out. The forum proposed that a response titled ‘don’t know’ to be added in the checklist. The forum proposed that the job responsibilities of the health professionals should be fixed as per the RCSC, PCS system in order to strengthen reporting and supervising. The conference, accepting the need to supervise and monitor the quality of the programs and activities at the various health facilities, recommended that the supervision checklist which has been developed by DMS should be reviewed by organizing a consultative meeting amongst relevant stakeholders. INTEGRATION OF TELEMEDICINE WITH HHC- Mrs. Gaki Tshering, Head- ICT The Head of ICT, Mrs. Gaki, briefed the forum on the integration of telemedicine consultation with HHC. The main purpose of contention was to find out the reasons for not being able to use and sustain rural telemedicine system in the districts. Further, suggestions and feedbacks were sought from the forum to improve use of rural telemedicine and to explore feasibility of integrating with HHC. The CEO for HHC suggested that a study must be carried out before integrating telemedicine with HHC involving relevant stakeholders. The forum raised that the software used for telemedicine is not user-friendly and highlighted the need -33-
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