Health services in J&K in disarray in: NC’s Gupta over NITI Ayog report
JAMMU: National Conference State Secretary and former MLC Rattan Lal Gupta on Wednesday expressed surprise over the placement of Jammu and Kashmir at seventh slot of NITI Ayog report on performance of states in health sector.
Gupta said that the NITI Ayog report was “contrary to the ground reality”.
Gupta said the health services in the state were “in disarray with hospitals and health institutions in rural and semi urban areas suffering neglect in terms of staff, diagnostic facilities and medicines.”
The NC leader said “mere buildings do not make institutions unless these are made functional by way of ensuring presence of the sanctioned staff of medicos and paramedic besides availability of diagnostic facilities and medicines”.
He cited the plight of a primary health centre being manned by just a paramedic despite sanctioned staff of over 10 doctors.
“Where have these doctors been attached?” he asked saying deployment of staff needed immediate audit by an independent panel.
“To begin with, the State Health and Medical Education Department should detach all the attachments and repatriate the staff, particularly doctors to their places of postings”, Gupta said.
He called for effective superintendence and monitoring of punctuality of the staff and also regretted over the “lackadaisical attitude of the authorities in ensuring functioning of various units in the Super Specialty Hospital and Government Medical College Hospital in the wake of retirement of senior doctors”.
“How can the government be indifferent towards the important health services in the state?” he asked.
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