The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report on district hospitals has found many irregularities in the health service of Uttarakhand and said that there is scope for vast improvement in the service.
It says, “An increase or decrease in out-patient load was not matched by proportional increase or decrease in the strength of doctors resulting in much higher OPD cases per doctor, in some hospitals as compared to others. Due to non availability of doctors, many OPD services like ENT, eye etc were not available for a substantial period during 2014-19. The prescribed medicines were not made fully available to 59 per cent of the OPD patients.”
The audit report also pointed out a shortage of doctors, nurses and para-medical staff in the in-patient services. For infection control, the CAG states that cleaning and laundry services, despite outsourcing, were not of a satisfactory level in most of the hospitals. Similarly, biomedical waste management system was inadequate as per the CAG report.
Sunday, 07 March 2021 | PNS | Bharadisain
