Deputy Commissioner Instructs Health Department To Ensure Functioning Of Ooat Clinics & Centres As Per Standard Operating Protocol

5 Dariya News

Taran Tarn 09-Aug-2018

The Deputy Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwaltoday instructed the official of health department to ensure functioning of clinics and De-Addiction centres as per Standard Operating Protocol and mark daily attendance of persons visiting these centres. Giving details, MrPardeep Kumar Sabharwal the State Government has established 10 OOAT Clinics in the Taran Tarn district where 5710 patients suffering from drug addiction are being provided free treatment. MrPardeep Kumar Sabarwal said that after witnessing huge success of ‘Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment Clinics’ across the state, now state government has decided to set up these OOAT Clinics at CHCs level. He said that to provide health care services and treatment to drug dependent persons at the village level, the health department has set up 10 OOAT clinics in the district, where patient suffering from any drug addiction would get the treatment without being admitted to hospital.Divulging about the availability of essential medicines and free tests at the centres, he said that all medicines are available in plenty in de- addiction centres and OOAT clinics. He said that facility of tests are also being provide free of cost in the hospitals to which the government de-addiction centres have been attached.

He said that it is a fact that patient registration has increased in OOAT clinics and OOAT is becoming more preferred mode of treatment because it is OPD based and absolutely free. He said the average registration of all OOAT clinics of state has increased from 70 new patients per day in June to 408 new patients per day in July.The number is expected to go up substantially over the next two weeks. He said that at present, 118 clinics are functional in the state.He said that capacity building training was being imparted to the teams which would comprise of Medical Officer, Pharmacist, Staff Nurse and data entry operator to conduct proper treatment of addicts at CHC level.He further said that OOAT Clinic is an OPD based clinic. The department followed the need based approach that required people only with severe problem to be admitted in the indoor facilities and most of the people can be treated in OPD Facility.“The psychiatrist of the district is the overall in-charge for the OOAT clinic and department has already trained the Medical officers, Counselors, Staff Nurses and Data Entry Operators from all the districts for smooth running of these OOAT Clinics,” he added.