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| Health Minister’s offer evokes mixed reaction | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20- Jammu and Kashmir health minister Sham Lal Sharma's offer to throw open the gates of the state run health institutions to the private sector seems to have not gone down well with the general masses in the state.
A day after the health minister made an open offer to the private parties interested in opening health centres to take over the management of the existing state run health institutions to provide better amenities to the state populace devoid of better patient care services, large number of city denizens came out with mixed reactions.
On one hand popular view sought to oppose the move while a miniscule minority welcomed the move with a rider that the state should not look other way once the management is given into the hands of private players to safeguard the interest of the poor patients.
A senior citizen in Rehari area Bihari Dass said, if health minister Sham Lal Sharma has made up its mind to hand over the control of the Sarwal hospital to a private player it also means that the state government has conceded that despite having such a large work force at its disposal the state was not in a position to run the administration of the hospital.
On the other question of better technology and investment on infrastructure Shyam Lal Mahajan, another senior citizen said once private players would take over the management, the hospitals would be declared out of bounds for the poor as these players would fix exorbitant rates of clinical and pathological testing.
S. Charan Jeet Singh of New Plot said," at present the state government feels responsive when it comes to providing better patient care services to the residents in the state but once they will step out of the hospital and private players would come in to picture the common man on the street would be left at the mercy of private players and it would be difficult for the state government to keep an eye on the day to day working and fix responsibilities.
A retired health department official said it would be interesting to see how the state government would utilize the services of the government doctors.
Another medico, already working in the private sector, expressed fears that once the private players would come in the picture it would lead to exploitation of the medicos. "It would be really difficult for the private players to pay hefty salaries to professionals", he added.
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