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| Shortage of Gynecologists, obstetricians hits patients care in Jammu hospitals | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 6: The Jammu and Kashmir government, over the years, has failed to address the shortage of obstetrics and gynecologists in hospitals of Jammu region.
Sources told ET that not only the districts hospitals even Jammu city hospitals face shortage of such doctors even as the number of delivery cases is increasing with each passing day.
Sources said that though the infrastructure has improved in the hospitals, the shortage of specialist doctors is often a hurdle in the way of providing better health services.
Officials in health department said that over the years, when the number of institutional deliveries had increased manifold, there has not been a corresponding augmentation in human resource in hospitals.
As per Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, institutional deliveries have increased from 68,800 in 2008-09 to 93,491 in 2016-17.
Officials in the health department said that from 2005 to 2017, when the number of institutional deliveries and load on healthcare facilities had increased manifold, only few gynecologists' posts have been created.
Moreover, as per the figures, against 2003 sanctioned posts of doctors in 10 districts of Jammu region 855 are presently lying vacant and there are 1148 doctors. In Doda district against sanctioned posts of 211 doctors at present there are only 72 doctors while as in Kishtwar district there are only 37 doctors against sanctioned posts of 98 doctors.
Similarly, in Poonch district there are only 74 doctors against sanctioned posts of 205 doctors while as in Rajouri district there are only 99 doctors against sanctioned posts of 243 doctors. There are only 48 doctors against sanctioned posts of 120 doctors in Ramban district and 43 doctors against sanctioned posts of 103 doctors in Reasi district. In Udhampur district, there are only 96 doctors against sanctioned posts of 187 doctors.
Sources said that Department of Health and Medical Education has also failed to provide sufficient manpower in the Government Medical Colleges and Super Specialty Hospitals, which otherwise remain first priority for specialized treatment for the patients from any part of the State.
This can be gauged from the fact that against sanctioned strength of 392 faculty members, 163 posts are vacant in the Government Medical College Jammu thereby not only affecting healthcare but also medical education..
Senior faculty members of gynaecology said that government had failed to utilize the qualifications of those doctors who stayed back in the Jammu and Kashmir. "Many of our pass-outs are working as Assistant Surgeons in field (rural hospitals). They are posted in PHCs (Public Health Centers) and are working as general doctors," said one of the doctors. |
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