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| Work on hospital buildings never ends in State | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 28: In 2005, work on sub-district hospital Rajouri was started and it was scheduled to be completed in few years.
Twelve years down the line, the hospital awaits its completion.
This is not only the case, there are several other hospitals building where the construction work is going for the last 10-15 or even 20-years and their completion is yet to see a ray of light. "We don't know how long will it take to complete the construction works for hospitals," an official said.
The work on district hospital Bandipora was started in 2006. Despite passing 11 years, the building has not been completed. Similarly, the construction work on sub-district hospitals of Rajpora Pulwama, Pakherpora Budgam, Kralpora Kupwara , Kremshore Budgam, Kulgam, IPD block district hospital Pulwama have not been completed over the years. Work on sub-district hospital Tral was started 21-years-ago. But the 50 bedded sub-district hospital awaits completion.
The JK's health sector presents a dismal picture. According to a survey, the Health Department has found that state has deficiency of over 1,500 health institutions based on catchment area, population coverage and existing health care institutes across the J&K. At the same time, the government has failed to complete atleast 20 health projects that could have upgraded the state's health infrastructure. They were to be completed by Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC), and Roads and Buildings Department.
An official of the Health Department said that work on these hospitals was started 8 to 10 years ago. "The construction agencies are showing no concern in completion of the projects. Multiple deadlines have been missed in completion of these projects," the official said.
"Work on several projects is going for the last over a decade despite that they are yet to get completed," the official said.
The official said that government was not bothered in completion of these projects despite the state lacks health infrastructure. "There is requirement of 35 more community health centres, over 100 primary health centres and several hundred sub-centres in the Valley," the official said. "Same is case with Jammu."
He said that lack of health care facilities in far-flung areas was putting extra burden on tertiary care hospitals.
Figures of Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs released in 2016 also revealed a grim picture of the Health sector. "Out of 2265 sub-health centres in J&K, 1290 (57 per cent) have no regular water supply. Similarly 1013 of these SHCs have no electricity and 672 are without an all-weather motorable approach road," the figures revealed. A senior official of Health Department admitted that state lacks health infrastructure.
"But for the last few years, there has been huge improvement in health care system of the state," the official claimed. |
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