<p>The Delhi government will soon introduce Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance in the state-run hospitals. The system is likely to improve the punctuality of doctors and paramedics.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Recently, the government got complaints from hospitals that doctors, nurses and other paramedic staff do not report on time. In some cases, emergency services also suffer due to the lack of punctuality.<br /><br />“The Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance will be introduced across all Delhi government-run hospitals soon. While this has been tried at several Central government offices till now, it has not been implemented at the state government hospitals,” said a Delhi government official.<br /><br />Currently, only a few state-run hospitals have this biometric attendance system. With Aadhaar-based biometric, it will be easier for the government to monitor the overall attendance.<br /><br />“The Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system will facilitate centralised storage of data. We do not have to pool in attendance data from hospitals individually to assess the situation. This is a step higher than installing biometrics at hospitals. The information will be available in the centralised website and the work hours of the staff will therefore be in the public domain,” said the official.<br /><br />The Unique Identification Number or Aadhaar number will also help track the personal details of the employee. This is likely to bring greater accountability to the staff in terms of work hours. Even the contractual staff, including the security guards, will have to log on to this system.<br /><br />With doctors going on strike over lack of security recently, the new system will help ensure that security guards do not go missing from work either, sources said. “This will boost the security system as well,” said the official.<br /><br />The government had recently issued a circular to the medical superintendents of all government hospitals to enforce punctuality among the staff. Some hospitals reportedly had senior doctors missing from duty, following which the circular was issued.</p>
<p>The Delhi government will soon introduce Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance in the state-run hospitals. The system is likely to improve the punctuality of doctors and paramedics.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Recently, the government got complaints from hospitals that doctors, nurses and other paramedic staff do not report on time. In some cases, emergency services also suffer due to the lack of punctuality.<br /><br />“The Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance will be introduced across all Delhi government-run hospitals soon. While this has been tried at several Central government offices till now, it has not been implemented at the state government hospitals,” said a Delhi government official.<br /><br />Currently, only a few state-run hospitals have this biometric attendance system. With Aadhaar-based biometric, it will be easier for the government to monitor the overall attendance.<br /><br />“The Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system will facilitate centralised storage of data. We do not have to pool in attendance data from hospitals individually to assess the situation. This is a step higher than installing biometrics at hospitals. The information will be available in the centralised website and the work hours of the staff will therefore be in the public domain,” said the official.<br /><br />The Unique Identification Number or Aadhaar number will also help track the personal details of the employee. This is likely to bring greater accountability to the staff in terms of work hours. Even the contractual staff, including the security guards, will have to log on to this system.<br /><br />With doctors going on strike over lack of security recently, the new system will help ensure that security guards do not go missing from work either, sources said. “This will boost the security system as well,” said the official.<br /><br />The government had recently issued a circular to the medical superintendents of all government hospitals to enforce punctuality among the staff. Some hospitals reportedly had senior doctors missing from duty, following which the circular was issued.</p>
