new delhi twentyfour government hospitals and 82 primary healthcare centres phcs were awarded with kayakalp state awards for adhering to standard protocols ensuring cleanliness and providing quality health services to patientsdelhi government on monday said providing worldclass health facilities to residents was its priority and staterun hospitals needed to maintain the highest standards of quality health servicesthe awards were given by deputy cm manish sisodia who is also the minister incharge of the health departmenta clean environment and quality services hastens the recovery of patients and this is the priority of delhi government hospitals in addition to opening new health facilities and expanding existing ones the kejriwal governments focus is also on strengthening and optimising the quality and outputs in these facilities sisodia said at the award functionsisodia said these awards were the mark of delhi government hospitals outstanding work and quality assurance that was provided to every patientan official said a state selection committee followed a threetier assessment process for judging the best performing government hospitals on the basis of upkeep sanitation hygiene support services waste management infection control hygiene promotion beyond hospital boundary ecofriendly initiative and testimonials of patients under mera aspatal initiativeupon selection hospitals and phcs were given certificates of appreciation and a cash rewardin district hospitals 100250 beds category acharya shree bhikshu government hospital won the first prize of rs 15 lakh while rao tula ram memorial hospital and maharishi valmiki hospital were adjudged first and second runnerup respectively and got rs 75 lakh eachsanjay gandhi memorial hospital got the first prize of rs 20 lakh in the district hospital category 251500 beds while dr baba saheb ambedkar hospital was adjudged the winner in district hospital over 500 beds category and given a cash prize of rs 25 lakh sardar vallabh bhai patel hospital won the first prize of rs 10 lakh in the subdistrict hospital category