Govt Rajindra Hospital officials’ lackadaisical behavior is a road block to children treatment
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 19,2023
As per available information, from the last few months, children of around 7-8 districts of Punjab enrolled with Government Medical College, Patiala under RBSK scheme are suffering as they are not getting any medicine, proper treatment from the Rajindra Hospital or the empanelled medicine supplier as the supplier has stopped giving the medicine due to non-clearance of their pending dues and the non-availability of medicines at Jan Aushadhi Kendra of the Rajindra Hospital.
The carelessness of the Rajindra Hospital authorities can be gauged from this that they failed to submit the ‘Utilization Certificate’ of the grant they get under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) to get new amount, grant. The director health services, Punjab is sending reminder to the medical superintendent (MS) of the Govt Rajindra Hospital to submit the documents and take next grant.
Govt Rajindra Hospital officials’ lackadaisical behavior is a road block to children treatment. In a latest , director health services, Punjab has sent a reminder to the MS of Govt Rajindra Hospital on August 17,2023 asking him to send the “ Details with reference to utilization of the earlier installment “ and “ Comments with reference to utilization of the earlier installment that whether the same is as per the norms of the programme” so that previous payments can be adjusted and next budgeted amount of Rs 20.00 lacs can be released for timely treatment of referred children under RBSK”
On one side the director health services, Punjab office is sending reminders to the MS office to take the amount, grant for the treatment of children under RBSK and on the other hand the suppliers are requesting the MS office to clear the pending two years payment. The vendors has stopped the supply of medicines, other items under RBSK scheme to the hospital. But, MS office seems to not paying any heed to both of them. Due to this lackadaisical behavior of the MS Office, thousands of children registered under RBSK are facing hardship in getting treatment, medicine, as no medicine is given to the children.
When contacted the Director-Principal of Govt Medical College, Patiala Dr Rajan Singla he said “ MS is the right person to give all the answers. So, it’s better to contact Dr Reikhi.”
Meanwhile, medical superintendent (MS) Govt Rajindra Hospital Dr HS Reikhi can’t be contacted despite repeated attempts.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, under the National Health Mission had launched the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), an innovative and ambitious initiative, which envisages Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services, a systemic approach of early identification and link to care, support and treatment.
This program involves screening of children from birth to 18 years of age for 4 Ds- Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies and Development delays, spanning 32 common health conditions for early detection and free treatment and management, including surgeries at tertiary level.
These services are provided free of cost, thus helping their families reduce out of pocket expenditure incurred on the treatment.
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