Experts raise questions on the inclination of some officers of state administration on handing over health centres and facilities like CT scan on PPP mode.
They point out that handing over the CT scan facility at a centre situated in Dehradun where the availability of trained man power is not an issue like in the mountainous areas of the state, raises concern over the very intent of the plan.
However, the delay in the process of decision making- whether to go for PPP mode or purchase a new machine- at the highest level is creating problems for the patients arriving at the radio diagnostic department of the medical college hospital for CT scan.
One expert said, “What more can reflect the dismal state of health services in the Himalayan state than the fact that an important machine like CT scan is non-functional from last one year in the biggest hospital of the state situated in provisional state capital? Immediate corrective measures are required in health system.’’