15. IMPROVE GOVT. HOSPITALS

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 IMPROVE GOVT. HOSPITALS

            Last year four critically ill patients died in a government hospital in Delhi after oxygen supply was disrupted for several minutes. Government children’s hospital is turning into a horror zone with almost 6 children dying every day. An RTI document has revealed that over 2,000 children out of 24,000 children admitted die in government hospitals. This is due to inadequate facilities and unhygienic conditions. More than four kids are allotted one single bed due to shortage of beds in government hospitals. Most of the ventilators are non-functional.

            There are 40% vacant posts of doctors and 20% vacant posts of medical staff in government hospitals in Delhi.

Like the government schools, the government hospitals in Delhi are also in pitiable conditions. Earlier, treatment and medicines used to be given free of cost but now everything is charged. Poor man cannot get himself or his family treated even in a government hospital. Many poor people are committing suicide because they are not able to pay back the loan taken to pay hefty hospital bills.

AAP promised to upgrade the present government hospitals to the level of the private hospitals and provide free treatment and medication. Health care facilities in government hospitals will be improved. New government hospitals will be opened to ensure that Delhi conforms to the international norm of 5 beds for every thousand people.

Vacancies in the post of doctors and medical staff will be filled. The government will promote Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy and other alternative medicines. Generic medicines will also be promoted.

To control the spread of dengue a special task force will be appointed. AAP will check air pollution, water pollution and improper waste management. 

WORK DONE IN DELHI REGARDING IMPROVEMENT OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

AAP government after coming to power in Delhi issued orders making it compulsory to prescribe medicines by their generic names instead of brands.

In a major upheaval the AAP government shunted out 16 out of 34 superintendents of hospitals since there were complaints against them. In most of the cases, the outgoing officer has been replaced with a senior doctor from the same hospital with immediate effect.