A 10 bedded Hospital has been planned for the Group Centre of the 38th battalion of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at Kharora near Raipur, officials stated.
On the other hand, the Chhattisgarh Police Housing Corporation (CGPHC) is also going to play a significant role in the development of the 100 Bed super speciality hospital in Jagdalpur in Bastar under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model. The hospital when ready would also meet the medical needs of the Government employees in Bastar and the public at large, officials stated.
In order to develop the hospital, the State Government has decided to do it through its own subsidiary, the Chhattisgarh Police Housing Corporation.
There is a large presence of security forces in the Bastar region of the State, which is at the heart of the lWE problem. There are over 22,000 state police personnel in the 8 lWE affected districts of Bastar and the neighbouring district of Rajnandgaon.
In addition, there are almost 45,000 personnel belonging to the Central Armed Police Focres (CAPFs) such as the CRPF, BSF, ITBP & SSB. In view of the ongoing anti-lWE operations which are going on on a continuing basis, there are daily occurrences of injuries to security personnel.
These can be both minor and major, often requiring immediate medical attention. In fact, in case of any complications, there is a necessity to transport the injured personnel to Raipur (which is over 300 kms away from most incidents) to provide medical care. Often, security personnel lose lives or limbs as a result of the delay in transit.
Keeping in view the limited medical facilities in Jagdalpur, which is the headquarters of Bastar Division, and the need to provide advanced and appropriate medical care in Jagdalpur itself, the Government of Chhattisgarh took a decision to develop a hospital a 100 Bed hospital in Jagdalpur, along with a Trauma Center, officials stated.
Development of such a 100 Bed facility in Jagdalpur will have multiple benefits. It will not only cater to the security forces’ requirements but also address the unmet healthcare needs of the local population living in these areas.
The facility to be set up should be equipped to cater to all the secondary level healthcare requirements of the population in vicinity with a special focus on curative and rehabilitative treatments related to accidents and trauma cases like bullet injuries, splinter injuries and injuries due to explosions and blasts.
This state of art facility should also be equipped to cater to special needs of psychological and psychiatric care of personnel operating under stressed and challenging conditions.
It is envisaged that such a development initiative in this conflict affected region will not only boost the morale of security forces deployed in such areas but shall also improve the condition of healthcare of the tribal population substantially, thus creating a positive environment for peace. The security personnel in the area would be allowed to get medical care facilities from this hospital as per the reimbursements allowed by the Government. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by them would be allowed by the Government of Chhattisgarh as per prevailing rates. A similar provision would also be made for State Government employees working in the Bastar region.
The hospital set up would provide the full range of specialities, namely 24 Hour Emergency Care, Critical Care, AClS Ambulance, Trauma Centre, Orthopaedics, General Medicine, General Surgery, Ophthalmlogy, Cardiology, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, ENT and Dental.