The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Sheeri in Jammu and kashmir ‘s Baramullha became the first public hospital in Kashmir Division to get the National Quality Assurance Standard (NQAS) certification.
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) recently accorded the NQAS Certification to the PHC Sheeri for the maintenance of high standards of quality and performance by th hospital.
The locals expressed their gratitude to the government for the certificate while the Block Medical Officer assured of “maintaining the achieved success” in the future.
The health facility scored an overall rating of 83.6 per cent and met the criteria required for achieving NQAS. The certification process was facilitated by the National Health Mission, J&K.
Block Medical Officer, Sheeri, Baramulla, Dr Nazir Ahmad said that the move by the government has boosted their confidence and they will try to get better from here on.
“We thank the government for this. It happened because of their efforts and support. This hospital was kept in the top position in the Kashmir Valley. This boosted our confidence. Now we will keep our focus on maintaining the success that we have achieved. We will try to improve from here on,” he said.
Talking about the journey of the PHC to getting the certification, Nodal officer, NQAS, PHC Sheeri, Dr Azhar Majid said that they had initially qualified at the district level and had applied for the national level, after which they were assessed by a team from outside and then accredited with the certification.