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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Eyes on PSUs for healthcare by ASRP Mukesh

Eyes on PSUs for healthcare by ASRP Mukesh

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published Published on Apr 10, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 10, 2011
Free healthcare at state-of-the-art hospitals will soon be within reach of even those with meagre resources.

The Jharkhand chapter of National Rural Health Mission is mulling a massive tie up with public sector units to provide free medical care to over 25 lakh people of the state who are living below the poverty line.

State mission director Aradhana Patnaik, confirming the development, informed that major PSUs operating out of Jharkhand, including CCL, Mecon, HEC, CMPDI and SAIL, had agreed to throw open their hospitals to people from the poor and backward strata of the society.

“We had a meeting with representatives of PSUs operating from the state and they have all agreed in principle to our proposal of extending medical services to BPL families,” said Patnaik.

She added all the PSUs had high-end hospitals in the state, which till now had been catering only to their employees.

“The new move from the PSUs will come as a part of their corporate social responsibility,” Patnaik said.

Though, the exact date of extending the health care benefits has not been decided, reports suggest that the service is likely to begin in a month’s time.

“We are in the process of giving final touches to this programme, after which we will again convene a meeting and decide the date of commencement. We are hoping to start the programme in a month or two’s time,” said Patnaik, adding that after PSUs, they would try and rope private health care centres and hospitals into their scheme of things.

Prodded for reasons behind approaching PSUs, the health director said that there was a paucity of well-qualified medical workforce in the state health department.

“These PSUs are professional in their approach and their hospitals are mostly run by specialists. Our workforce will work in tandem with them,” said Patnaik.

The main thrust area of this partnership will be improving institutionalised deliveries and focussing on child healthcare. The NRHM has already announced the setting up of 500 delivery hubs in the state, on lines of primary health centres, to check the maternal mortality rate. Each centre will be set up at a cost of Rs 22 lakh and will include nurses and sahiyas working round-the-clock to provide enhanced medical care.

“We are aiding the deliveries of expecting mothers from below poverty line since yesterday. The idea is to encourage safe deliveries so that both the mother and the child remains in good health,” said K.K. Kadam head of the medical services of HEC.

Kadam added that the hospital would get Rs 1,400 for patients coming from the rural areas and Rs 1,000 for patients coming to the hospital from urban areas.

“The Centre will give funds to NRHM, which in turn will transfer the money to us,” Kadam said.

Health director Patnaik also expressed hope that that the overall health graph of the state would improve considerably with the PSUs chipping in now. The healthcare condition of the state has been dismal for the past 10 years.

“Some PSUs like CCL have their hospitals in tribal hinterlands, which means that can cater to people who live in remote parts of the state,” Patnaik said.

The health director, when prodded about the status of mamata vahan, a referral transport system for ferrying expecting mothers, said the service would be started in Ranchi by the end of this month.

“We will float tenders to select an agency to run a centralised call centre at Sadar Hospital in a day or two. Unicef too has offered help for the first phase of the programme,” she said.

The Telegraph, 10 April, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110410/jsp/jharkhand/story_13834430.jsp


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