Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravashi has promised to bring drastic change in health services within the next three months. The Minister has also promised to start the long-awaited projectsrelated to health services by July this year, including a blood bank which was announced 4 years back, burn ward, appointment of doctors, nurses, and other medical staffs.
Admitting acute dearth of doctors and other medical staffs in Jharkhand, Chandravashi said, “In a bid to strengthen medical and healthcare facilities across the State, new doctors and paramedical staffs would be deployed very soon”.
Its’ worth mentioning that, even after 14 years, even the most basics of health services are missing in the State. According to a rough estimate, Jharkhand has a shortage of about 7,000 doctors. As far as specialist doctors are concerned, the situation is even more glaring; the State is having a shortage of more than 80 specialists till date, sources said.
Minister on Sunday visited Sadar and Anumandal Hospital and stressed on the need of cleanliness. “Though, the health department tried to maintain neatness ahead of my visit but it was not found satisfactory in both hospitals. I have instructed to the civil surgeon and others to maintain cleanness in the hospitals on primary basis”, he added.
When the minister was asked about Sadar Hospital, which was inaugurated 17 months earlier which still does not have legal power supply and is running on ‘hook line’, the minister said that he us not aware with this issue; power supply would be legalised in next 2 months, he said.
Recently on 24 March, a major fire broke-out at Sadar Hospital creating an estimated loss of Rs 4.51 lakhs of electrical equipments. Fire completely destroyed the Electric Junction Box which was directly connected from the electric pole with hook lines.
A block of the hospital was inaugurated by then State Health Minister Rajendra Prasad Singh in November 2013 with an estimated expenditure of Rs 10 crore, near District Industries Center building at Sector I, whose construction was started in 2006. This 100 bed new hospital has several units includes, gynaecology, pediatrics, cardiology, burns, orthopedics, skin, and eye units; equipped with outdoor, surgery, scanning, ultrasound facilities.
Talking to the media persons the minister said, NRHM is central government plan and State Government did not confirmed the paramedical staffs who were appointed under NRHM.