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| No access to health facilities for residents of 17 panchayats in Gundoh | | Peripheral healthcare in poor health centers | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
jammu, July 19: In a testimony to the indifference of successive governments to provide basic health care to all residents of the state, 17 panchayats of block Changa of Teshil Gundoh have no access to any health services for the last 20 years since the establishment of two Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in Tipri and Changa area.
Ajaz Ahmed, a resident of Tipri told Early Times that they were the neighbours of former health minister of India and current leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Gulam Nabi Azad but they have to face huge inconvenience every time someone in the village fell ill.
He further said that Block Changa has two Primary Health Center (PHCs) Tipri and Changa which were established around 20 years back but since then, no staff was posted there. "Each health institution has two sanctioned posts of Assistant Surgeons one post of Dental Surgeon but presently in both PHCs the posts are vacant for the last four years", he said.
"The two health institutions have been catering to more than 40 thousands souls. The people of these panchyats are spread across far flung areas and people after covering several miles reach these PHCs only to find no one there" Aijaz said.
Criticizing government Ajaz further said that doctors preferred to stay in cities and urban areas but it was solely the responsibility of government to send doctors in these PHCs and also to sanction some other posts of Specialists, so that people would be benefited but none was found to be interested about these areas.
PHC Tipri and Changa were not the isolated cases but majority of health care institutions in Teshil Gundoh were without any facilities and manpower. Another resident of Changa area said that according to government claims, the Primary Health Centre was supposed to cover a population of 20,000 besides the PHC in hilly, tribal or difficult areas should have six indoor/ observation beds and 24 hour emergency services with nursing facilities but all these claims were merely hoax.
"An NRHM doctor, along with one paramedical staff each have been rendering services in PHC Changa and Tipri, which made these PHCs totally defunct", he said, adding that all 17 panchayats are dependent on these two PHCs but the government never cared for providing health care facilities.
Repeated attempts to contact Chief Medical Officer, Doda Dr. Kulbushan failed as he didn't respond. |
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