District hospital receives 2,000 coloured bed sheets from manufacturer

PNS | DEHRADUN
The administration of Deen Dayal Upadhyay district hospital received about 2,000 coloured bed sheets for the patient wards from a manufacturing company on Tuesday. Notably, Health minister Dhan Singh Rawat had recently instructed all government hospitals in the State to implement a routine practice of changing bed linens in the patient wards. Additionally, it has been recommended that the hospital management use bed linens of different colours each day.
The hospital’s medical superintendent Dr VS Chauhan informed that in line with the Health minister’s directives and following the clarification from the Health department, the administration ordered 2,000 bed sheets in different colours for the patient wards. Following this, the hospital received the bed sheets on Tuesday. Chauhan said that with the receipt of the bed sheets the implementation of the Health minister’s guidelines at the hospital will begin on Wednesday. He further added that from now on at the hospital, the bed sheets will be assigned to beds according to colours designated for each day. Further, the sheets will be sent for laundry at regular intervals. He also said that Rawat plans to visit the hospital within the next two to three days to observe the implementation of these guidelines.
Chauhan further informed that the administration is planning to purchase two sets of bed sheets in each colour. Considering this, the administration will first evaluate the quality of the received bed sheets before ordering additional sets.
It will be recalled that the funding for these linens comes from the State government under the Ayushman scheme. The goal of this initiative is to regularly change the bed sheets according to the designated colours for each day, which will help maintain hygiene for the patients and enhance the overall aesthetic appeal of the hospital. As per the guidelines, a white bed sheet will be spread on Monday, pink on Tuesday, green on Wednesday, yellow on Thursday, purple on Friday, blue on Saturday and light grey on Sunday.