Dear Editor,
Development of any country could be gauged from the fact that what is ‘The Health’ of the people ie how much healthy they are looking to this part of world, the health infrastructure is in sorry state of affairs, to increase and augment the health infrastructure at national level Govt of India started National Rural Health Mission on 12th April 2005 through out the country with the basic objectives of providing accessible, affordable and accountable health care in rural areas. Its primary focus was on making public health system fully functional at all levels. In this process NRHM emphasised the need for communitisation of the public health system, improving financing and management of public health, human resources innovation and a long term financial commitment to enable the state and districts to undertake programs aimed at achieving the mission goals. NRHM was converted into National Health Mission to include urban health infrastructure. National Health Mission seeks to empower the community by placing the health of the people in their own hands and determine the ways they would like to improve their health. National Health Mission was launched by the J&K Govt. in April 2005 and is currently being implemented by Department of Health and Medical Education Govt. of J&K.
To be honest significant amount of progress has been made in health infrastructure as well as the manpower with the inception of National Health Mission and the lot of credit goes to the doctors and the other paramedical staff who work day and night to serve their people. These people have worked even during the most difficult times like 2008, 2010 and 2016 unrest with out any break, unfortunately these brilliant doctors and hardworking Para-medical staff have to come on the roads to demand their regularisation. When Govt. can issue a circular for casual labours why can’t the services of these efficient and brilliant doctors could be confirmed including paramedical staff. This is utter disgusting that a doctor who has spend his precious life almost five years in medical college to get his / her medical degree and at the same time has spent near about 10 years in the Department of Health service is still processing his demand of regularisation and has to come on road. I am astonishing what more qualification and experience a particular doctor needs to put into get a regular job. It is high time that the demands of NHM employees should be fulfilled on priority bases and justice may be delivered at the earliest.
when hardworking health professionals have to come on roads how can we expect better health care facilities in our State.
Gulam Nabi,
Jammu
