Himachal Govt fails to provide non Covid services to State people : Cong
Exposing the major failure of Jai Ram Government to provide the non-Covid health services in the state Congress state committee alleged that due to defunct health services and non-availability of the advance health services patients are making exodus PGI and 32 medical college of Punjab and border states.
Revealing a outcome of Right to Information report given by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science and Research (PGI) Chandigarh HP Congress Social Media chairman Mr Abhisaik Rana said that out of 70 lakh population of this hill states patients in lakhs are making exodus in large number to PGI and 32 other medical colleges of Punjab and other states.
Lashing out the Govt for remaining fail to provide non-Covid health services to various ailment and diseases to citizen of people Mr Rana said that outdoor data revealed by its RTI claimed that as many as 2,27577 patient staken services of PGI Chandigarh during 2018 and as many as 2,35657 in year 2019 .
Moreover this footfall of patients in the PGI did not stop during the Covid pandemic and lockdown. As many as 75000 non-Covid patients registered in the PGI OPD which is alarming figures he added alleging that it shows that people could not provided non covid services in the state and they forced to rush getting entry during lock down to go PGI and other hospitals.
Mr Rana said that state hospitals could not provide the quality health services to non covid patients and they have no option to rush outside the state to avail MRI CT scan, BT Scan and other advance health services
The faith of people in the state health services eroded in past three years as the Government had mainly focused on the Covid related health services and also kept close the general OPD in district level hospitals.
These services are mainly not available in the state if they are available they are defunct and lack the trained staff to run them. Congress party alleged that state Government claimed Himachal as one of the best governed states in the field of health and education exposed from these figures.
The people are making beelines in the various hospitals and Medical Colleges of Punjab and Union Territory Chandigarh Mohali and New Delhi as health infrastructure here is not sufficient to render quality or reliable health services to them in the state, he added.