Every possible step would be introduced by the State Health department for curtailing shortage of medical officers and para-medical staff in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand, a top health official said on Friday.
Speaking to The Pioneer, the newly appointed Director General (Medical, health and family welfare) Dr GS Joshi said introduction of tele-calling facilities with an aim of providing immediate medical assistance if a disaster-like situation occurs again in near future in Uttarakhand would be proved extremely beneficial for villagers across the State.
He said that his department would continue with its endeavour of providing best and round the clock medical and health assistance to residents and special focus would be laid down by the department to provide immediate medical assistance to all those villagers who are living in the mountainous and fringe parts of the State.
Dr Joshi said that department will also focus on achieving the set targets on national programmes successfully running for improving the health of expecting mothers, newly become mothers, infants, newly born babies and residents.
“Department will also felicitate those medical staff who worked exceptionally well for providing best medical facilities to the patients, who visit Government establishments,” said Joshi, adding that all those medical staff who also strived for achieving the target in all the national programmes would be also felicitated.
He also made it clear that strict departmental action would be initiated against those medical staff found guilty of lethargic approach while
performing their duties.
Dr Joshi said that department will strict on the posting of medical officers in those areas where community health centres, primary health centres, health centres faced the acute shortage of medical officers and also ensured the posting of medical offices in the higher parts of the State.