Aizawl hospital becomes first ISO certified in NE

Aizawl, February 20 (NNN): The Civil Hospital of Aizawl in Mizoram has become the first ISO 9001:2008 certified hospital in entire north-east amongst the government hospitals. An announcement to this effect was made on Friday at a function by the Mizoram health minister Lalrinliana at a celebration held on Saturday in Aizawl.
The celebration for this purpose was held after a certificate received from International Organisation for Standardization (ISO). In this connection, the state health minister expressed gratitude to the doctors and the hospital staff who made untiring effort for standardization of the hospital. He also asked the staff to continue the same zeal and enthusiasm in future.
To get the certification of International Organisation for Standardization, the hospital constituted 11 member Internal Auditors 2 years ago. Under the guidance of the Auditors, the doctors and Hospital staff made efforts for all round improvement of the Hospital. The certificate was received on 16th December last year after inspection by Indian Register of Shipping and Indian Register Quality System but it was formally handed over to the Aizawl Civil Hospital on Feb 18th last.