Bhubaneswr: The Odisha government has accelerated the process of upgrading and transforming 147 health facilities into in the first phase under the 5T initiative ‘Ama Hospital’ by October this year.
The Health and Family Welfare department has issued a notification with a list of 147 health facilities that have been approved for transformation under ‘Ama Hospital’ in the first phase.
The notification said that the Collector-cum-District Magistrates will implement the scheme with the assistance of the District Level Committee (DLC) which will develop the estimates through the experts of the line department.
The estimates are to be discussed in the DLC and approval of Collector is to be obtained. The DLC will select the implementing agency by following the due procedure prescribed in OPWD Code and OGFR. The DLC will also monitor the progress of the activities under the scheme ‘Ama Hospital’.
Collectors will accord A/A for civil works up to Rs 4 crore for non-residential works and approve the procurement of goods up to Rs 25 lakh. In case the value of works and goods exceeds the above financial limit, approval from DHS needs to be obtained. The procurement of equipment is to be made following government norms. The funds will be released in favour of the implementing agencies by the office of the Collector, it said.
Funds for implementation of the scheme will be provided out of the state Budget both under Capital Head and Revenue Head which will be placed with district Collectors of Non-OMF districts. The districts having access to DMF and OMBADC funds will tap these sources of funding for the implementation of the “Ama Hospital” Scheme in their districts. In case of any shortfall, the same is to be informed to H&FW Department for funding out of state Budget.
The district office will maintain all the records relating to the implementation of the scheme for the purpose of audit and furnish utilisation certificate to H&FW department for appraisal and record, it added.
Health Secretary Shalini Pandit had recently stated that the state government is set to launch the ambitious ‘Ama Hospital’ programme, which will include the establishment of four new medical colleges and the upgrading of 147 hospitals across the state.
