NEW DELHI: In yet another directive, the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has made it mandatory for all staff members to wear their designated uniforms and display their identity cards in them in order to weed out unauthorised people, mainly agents from private hospitals and labs, visiting the hospital with an intent to exploit patients.
The entry of such agents should strictly be barred from AIIMS campus, said the new orders.
In a circular issued on Friday, the director M Srinivas, stated that it is observed that some unidentified /unauthorised individuals belonging to certain private companies/hospitals /laboratories/radiology centres/establishments are roaming inside the campus to seek business from the patients visiting AIIMS.
Not only this, they are facilitating OPD cards and admission at AIIMS and these agents are also offering and diverting patients for laboratory/radiology investigations to private labs/radiology centres. Besides, some of these agents are selling medications, disposables, surgical items and implants.
The circular stated — “Wearing designated uniform and displaying id cards is a simple method to enhance the security at work place. All the staff of AIIMS should ensure that ID cards are worn within the campus. Moreover, the staff working in the operation theatre should have their names embroidered on their scrubs.”
"All the doctors, nurses, and staff members are instructed that even on slightest suspicion of presence of any unauthorised /unidentified person in the campus or around the departments/areas of campus be immediately reported to the special whatsapp number- 9355023969," the circular stated adding that the security staff shall ensure that all such persons are handed over to the institute’s police post for trespassing and exploiting patients.
If any such unauthorised person/agent is found in any part of the campus, the respective area incharges including senior resident doctors, faculty, nursing officer will be held responsible and deemed to be helping these agents /touts and disciplinary action as deemed fit will be taken against them.
The head of departments were requested to ensure that all the waiting lists are attended to, which will prevent the patients from falling into the trap of these agents and getting exploited financially.
