According to the latest reports, the Telangana government announced a series of key interventions on Monday to ensure patients have uninterrupted access to vital therapeutic and diagnostic medical equipment in all government hospitals, including centralised software for medical equipment repair and maintenance, an exclusive unit of biomedical engineers to provide technical support, and the release of Rs 17.47 crore additional budget to Telangana State Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMSIDC).
The measures are intended to ensure the continuous and long-term availability of medical equipment so that patients’ access to healthcare is not restricted. TSMSIDC will launch the Medical Equipment and Maintenance Information System (MEMIS), an online software system that will link all superintendents and heads of government hospitals to TSMSIDC as part of these initiatives.
Functions of MEMIS software
The MEMIS software will enable the heads of government hospitals to submit online requests for repair and maintenance while also tracking the status of their requests’ resolution and closure. The State government has chosen to create a Program Management Unit (PMU) comprised of biomedical engineers to respond to MEMIS inquiries and provide technical advice on equipment to make this procedure even easier. A Project Manager, Biomedical Engineers, and Data Entry Operators will make up the team.
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Medical equipment has been divided into four categories to make maintenance and repairs easier, including medical equipment that costs more than Rs 5 lakh and requires a Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract (CAMC), medical equipment that costs less than Rs 5 lakh and requires a CAMC, medical equipment that requires a CAMC, medical equipment that has an expired warranty and requires a CAMC, and those with expired warranty and CAMC and medical equipment that cost less than Rs 5 lakh.
Annual maintenance of medical equipment with expired warranties and CAMC has been a challenging issue that has frequently resulted in excessive repair delays, disrupting important healthcare services for patients. A group of senior health officials, comprising the VC, KNRUHS, DME, Commissioner, TVVP, and others, has been formed to negotiate with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) over annual maintenance.
The group will also devise decentralized maintenance procedures for medical equipment costing less than Rs 5 lakh at the hospital level. The State government has also allocated a separate maintenance budget for each bed in all PHCs, CHCs, area and district hospitals, teaching and speciality hospitals in Telangana as part of this initiative.
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