The Haryana government has decided to upgrade the health infrastructure in all the old and new health institutions as per Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) so as to provide quality health services to the people.
While disclosing this, an official spokesman said the improvement would be in terms of manpower, equipment and infrastructure. All the health institutions were proposed to be upgraded in terms of equipment as per IPHS by the year 2012 and in future all community health centres (CHCs), primary health centres (PHCs) and sub-centres would be established as per IPHS.
He said during the year 2008-09, as many as 100 sub centres, 17 (PHCs) and eight (CHCs) would be upgraded in commensurate with IPHS. Round-the-clock facilities were proposed to be made available in 160 PHCs during the year. The government was also actively considering to provide CT scan diagnostic facilities in a public private partnership in each district hospital. A fixed day approach for specialist doctors in health institutions would also be adopted, he added.
Jacha Bacha Scheme had also been implemented in the state to promote safe institutional delivery, which would result in decrease in infant mortality rate and mother mortality rate and increase in the female sex ratio leading to gender equity and women empowerment.
Pay packages of doctors and paramedical staff had also been raised and special incentives were being offered to the medical officers and specialists working in Mewat and difficult areas and rural areas in the state, he said.
The spokesman said doctors were being recruited by a departmental committee constituted by the state government to redress the shortage of doctors in the health institutions. Adequate provision for specialist services at CHCs and district hospitals had been made and health facility-wise definite staff norms had been adopted.
There would be three doctors one male and one lady MO and one dental surgeon at each PHC. At CHC level, having 30-bedded facilities, there would be eight doctors (1 SMO and 7 MOs), he added.
Six of them would have specialisation in medicine, gyneacology, paediatrics, anesthesia surgery and orthopaedics and two MBBS doctors. At CHC having 50-100 bedded facilities, there would be 12 doctors (2 SMOs and 10 MOs), out of which, six doctors would have the same specialisation as of those posted at 30-bedded institutions with additional specialists of eye and skin. Four MBBS doctors would provide round-the-clock casuality services, he added.
He said that at the district hospitals there would be 34 doctors (3 SMOs and 31 MOs), out of which 26 would be specialists and eight MBBS doctors who would run round the clock services.
Each civil surgeon office would have eight deputy civil surgeons. The state government had decided to provide free anti haemophilic treatment to all severe cases of haemophilia through registered haemophilia societies. Free education up to 10th class would be provided to all haemophilia children in the government schools.