Laying stress on improving health care facilities at the ground level, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked chief medical officers to carry out field inspections and visit primary and community health centres (PHCs/CHCs) to ensure that villagers were getting free medicines and other health facilities.
Addressing chief medical officers, directors and deputy directors of Health Directorate here on Thursday, Yogi said that his government was committed to providing free health care facilities to the villagers. “We have made some announcements in this regard and it is the responsibility of the CMOs and other senior officers to ensure that people get the benefits,” he said.
He asked the CMOs to go to field regularly and the deputy directors and joint directors to carry out inspections in districts. “The CHCs and PHCs should be inspected on regular basis because there are reports of government doctors doing private practice in private nursing homes. This needs to be curtailed. It is a criminal act that such doctors are taking salary from government but are giving their services to private hospitals,” the Chief Minister said, adding that the officers should also check whether patients are getting medicines or not from hospitals or CHCs.
The Chief Minister suggested that nodal officer be appointed in far-flung hospitals to solve the problems of the hospital.
“The CMOs can be innovative in their own way. The aim of this government is to improve health services and health officials should work in this regard. We need to work as a team. Around 25 years back the district hospitals used to provide excellent services but deterioration set in. We have tried to bring the situation back on rails. Earlier, medicines were not available in hospitals but we have brought about a change in the last two years. In coming days we will ensure that every patient gets free medicine,” he said.
Yogi also cautioned the doctors about the spread of encephalitis in neighbouring state of Bihar. “This dreaded disease has killed 35 children so far. We need to be cautious. Preventive measures should be taken so that encephalitis does not affect our children,” he said.
The CMO of Gorakhpur presented a report on infectious diseases while the CMO of Varanasi presented a report on Aayushman Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation Limited also presented its report.