Stern instructions have been already released to the medical officer in-charges of health centres for providing best possible medical care to the patients.
The department will lay special focus to enhance medical and health facilities especially in the remote areas of the state, this was claimed by newly appointed Chief Medical Officer, Dehradun, Dr Gurupal Singh, who assumed his post in Dehradun on Thursday. After considering the tough geographical conditions in the district especially in the Chakrata block of the district, Dr Singh said that he would lay special focus to improve medical and health facilities in the fringe parts of the state.
“I will try at my level best to achieve 100 per cent achievement in all the national programmes,” he reiterated, adding that department will also lay special focus to improve health facilities especially in the remote areas of the district. Dr Singh said that the State government is committed to improve the health status and quality of life of its people, by focusing on health issues with the objective of reducing disease burden, creating an enabling environment, influencing direct and indirect health determinants such as nutrition, water, sanitation and other factors like education and employment in the state.
To improve the accessibility and quality of health care services, specific efforts will be ensured to strengthen health infrastructure. After admitting that that the department is facing crunch of manpower, he said that the shortage of medical officers would be overcome by providing best service atmosphere to them.
While issuing warning, Dr Singh said that strict departmental action would be surely taken against those medicos, who fail to perform their duties as per the required standards. It is also equally important to mention here is that the Dr Singh was sanitary officer in Municipal Corporation of Dehradun and also carried raids to check malpractise or adulteration in the eatables.
Having vast experience of more than two decades in medical profession and administrative posts as well, Dr Singh said that no stone would be left unturned to upgrade Community Health Centres (CHCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and health centres having significant BOR (Bed Occupancy Rate) to shun traversing of villagers from the remote areas to district hospitals.
He stressed on infant, child and maternal mortality rate, better access to services for food and nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, emphasis on services addressing women and child health and timely immunization, prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally endemic diseases etc. would be prioritized in the department.