State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said that Government, led by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, has done excellent work in the field of providing better health facilities to the people of Jharkhand.
State BJP Spokesperson, Pratul Shahdeo, congratulated the CM and Health Minister, Ramchandra Chandravanshi for number one rank in various fields of health services announced by the Niti Ayog in its latest health index.
Shahdeo said that during the last four and half years, the State Government has done remarkable work in health sector. “Medical Colleges and Hospitals have been established in Palamu, Dumka and Hazaribagh. Construction work of Medical Colleges and Hospitals has also been approved in Chibasasa and Koderma. Work has been started for the construction of AIIMS in Deoghar. Doctors have also been appointed in large scale,” he added.
“Apart from this, the graduate pass students in the BSc (Community Health Course) this year will also take over the command of primary health centers and will provide first aid to the people,” said Shahdeo.
Lauding the effort of the State government Shahdeo said that compared to the year 2014, there has been an unprecedented change in the health sector in 2019. “In 2014 where there was one bed available on the population of 5494 in the government hospitals, currently one bed on the population of 2363. In 2014, the infant mortality rate was 34, which is currently 29, the fertility rate was 2.8 in 2014, which are currently 2.6. In the OPD of government hospitals in the year 2014, the presence of people was 1.02 lakh, which is presently 1.3 lakh. The attendance at the IPD of Government hospitals is 49,000 per month, which is currently 56,000,” he added.
Showing all the data related to improvement in Health sector Shahdeo said in 2014 institutional delivery was 61.9 per cent and it is currently 85 per cent. “Diseases such as Malaria, Tuberculosis have been almost prevented. The number of government hospitals providing free C-section facility to pregnant women was 38 in 2014 which has increased to 62 now,” he added.
Shahdeo said that 108 ambulance service is also providing excellent service to improve the health services and soon the motorcycle ambulance service is being started to bring patients from remote areas.
“In the field of infant health, in 2014, where 61.9 per cent vaccination was done, it has now increased to 97 per cent. The number of youth getting support from the Yuva Maitri Kendra was 8760 in 2014, which are currently 12736. The number of elderly people taking the OPD facility in government hospitals has increased from 43,386 to 1,73,403. In order to check the diseases like Dengue, Chikungunya, the investigation center has been started in Chibasa and Simdega in addition to three medical colleges,” said Shahdeo.