Disastrous Medical Infrastructure in Odisha

Disastrous Medical Infrastructure in Odisha 

during 15 years of Naveen Patnaik Regime  

Will the millions of poor people of Odisha survive without basic health facilities from Govt.? 

Health is one of the basic services that the Citizens are entitled to get it  at reasonable price or free of cost  in a welfare state. The State Government is duty bound to provide free health service to the people. As per article 47 of the Indian Constitution, the State shall  regard  the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of the living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties. As per Rural Health Statistics 2014, there are 6688 number of health sub centres, 1305 primary health centres, 377 community health centres and 114 mobile medical units running in the stateto  cater  health service to the people of Odisha. But  these centres are suffering from a lot of issues mainly infrastructure  for  which the poor people are  suffering from health hazards in the state. The 15 year BJD regime has precariously  failed to deliver minimum health service  to the people of Odisha  

Major setbacks to health sector in Odisha

1.  2726 Sub centres functioning in rented building
2. 11 PHCs functioning in rented building
3. Only in 2738 Sub-centres ANM living in the quarter
4. No Available data about the Sub Centres running as per IPHS norms
5.  2408 Sub-centres functioning without regular water supply
6.  2414 Sub-centre functioning without electricity supply
7. 182 sub-centres functioning without all weather motor able approaches
8. 292 PHCs without labor Room
9. 1305 PHCs without Operation Theater
10. 1277 PHCs without at least 4 beds
11. 141 PHCs without electricity supply
12. 292 without water supply
13. 6 PHCs without all weather motor able approaches
14. No Available data on PHCs functioning as per IPHS norms
15. 365 CHCs functioning without 4 specialist doctors
16. 317 CHCs functioning without at least 30 beds
17. 68 CHCs functioning without Operation Theaters
18. 57 CHCs functioning without new born care corner
19. 335 CHCs have no X-Ray machine
20. 85 CHCs have no building for specialists quarter
21. 111 CHCs have no living quarter for specialists living
22. 3068 Health workers (Male) shortfall for Sub centres
23. 212 Sub Centres functioning without Health Worker (Female), 2750 Sub-centres functioning without health worker (Male) and 158 Sub centres running without both
24. 597 Health assistants (Female) shortfall for PHCs
25. PHCs functioning without 1305health assistants (Male)
26. PHCs running with 339 doctors vacant.
27. 110 PHCs running without doctor
28. 1010PHCs running without  lady doctor
29. CHCs running with shortfall of 297surgeons
30. CHCs running with shortfall of 228 Obstetricians & Gynecologists
31. CHCs running with shortfall of 333 Physicians
32. CHCs running with shortfall of 304 Pediatricians
33. Infant Mortality Rate-51

(This information was  presented  in a meeting  by Gouranga Mohapatra, State Convener, Jana Swasthya Abhijan. His contact No is 9437036305)

Pradip Pradhan, M- 9937843482