Sangrur, October 18
Health services in the rural areas are perhaps not on the priority list of the state government. This is the reason that it has not been paying much attention to posting of requisite number of doctors in the subsidiary health centres (rural dispensaries) being run by Zila Parishads.
According to sources, after January 2012, no rural medical officer (RMO) has been recruited by the Department of Rural Development, Punjab, though over 200 posts of RMO have been lying vacant in the rural dispensaries throughout the state. In these conditions, the rural dispensaries where there is no doctor are being run by the government by giving additional charge to the RMOs of nearby dispensaries.
According to information, in Sangrur district alone, there are 29 rural dispensaries out of a total of 68 where there is no RMO (doctor) as posts of RMO have been lying vacant in 24 dispensaries while RMOs of five rural dispensaries (at Sarod, Sheron, Namol, Badrukhan and Phaguwala village) are on study leave.
Of a total of 24 vacant posts of the RMO, five posts each have been lying vacant in Lehragaga block and Andana block, while three posts each have been lying vacant in Sangrur, Malerkotla-2 and Sherpur blocks. Two posts of the RMO have been lying vacant in Sunam block and one post each in Bhawanigarh, Malerkotla-1 and Dhuri blocks. These posts were reportedly vacant due to transfer of the RMOs or their selection to Punjab Civil Medical Service (PCMS).
Due to non-availability of regular RMOs in these 29 dispensaries, patients of these villages have been suffering immensely as they are unable to get medical facilities.
Likewise, patients of 29 other villages, whose RMOs go to the dispensaries (where there is no doctor) for performing duties there due to additional charge, also suffer a lot.
State president of Rural Medical Services Association (RMSA) Dr Aslam Parvez claimed there were around 250 vacant posts of the RMO throughout the state, with no RMO having been recruited by the government since January 2012.
He said the number of vacant posts of the RMO would increase further in the months to come as the state health department was going to recruit 300 PCMS doctors. He said quitting of posts by the RMOs would continue till the government introduced 60 per cent post-graduate (PG) quota for the RMOs.
Short shrift
* After January 2012, no rural medical officer has been recruited by the Department of Rural Development, though over 200 posts of RMO have been lying vacant in the rural dispensaries throughout the state
* In these conditions, the rural dispensaries where there is no doctor are being run by the government by giving additional charge to the RMOs of nearby dispensaries
Health services in the rural areas are perhaps not on the priority list of the state government. This is the reason that it has not been paying much attention to posting of requisite number of doctors in the subsidiary health centres (rural dispensaries) being run by Zila Parishads.
According to sources, after January 2012, no rural medical officer (RMO) has been recruited by the Department of Rural Development, Punjab, though over 200 posts of RMO have been lying vacant in the rural dispensaries throughout the state. In these conditions, the rural dispensaries where there is no doctor are being run by the government by giving additional charge to the RMOs of nearby dispensaries.
According to information, in Sangrur district alone, there are 29 rural dispensaries out of a total of 68 where there is no RMO (doctor) as posts of RMO have been lying vacant in 24 dispensaries while RMOs of five rural dispensaries (at Sarod, Sheron, Namol, Badrukhan and Phaguwala village) are on study leave.
Of a total of 24 vacant posts of the RMO, five posts each have been lying vacant in Lehragaga block and Andana block, while three posts each have been lying vacant in Sangrur, Malerkotla-2 and Sherpur blocks. Two posts of the RMO have been lying vacant in Sunam block and one post each in Bhawanigarh, Malerkotla-1 and Dhuri blocks. These posts were reportedly vacant due to transfer of the RMOs or their selection to Punjab Civil Medical Service (PCMS).
Due to non-availability of regular RMOs in these 29 dispensaries, patients of these villages have been suffering immensely as they are unable to get medical facilities.
Likewise, patients of 29 other villages, whose RMOs go to the dispensaries (where there is no doctor) for performing duties there due to additional charge, also suffer a lot.
State president of Rural Medical Services Association (RMSA) Dr Aslam Parvez claimed there were around 250 vacant posts of the RMO throughout the state, with no RMO having been recruited by the government since January 2012.
He said the number of vacant posts of the RMO would increase further in the months to come as the state health department was going to recruit 300 PCMS doctors. He said quitting of posts by the RMOs would continue till the government introduced 60 per cent post-graduate (PG) quota for the RMOs.
Short shrift
* After January 2012, no rural medical officer has been recruited by the Department of Rural Development, though over 200 posts of RMO have been lying vacant in the rural dispensaries throughout the state
* In these conditions, the rural dispensaries where there is no doctor are being run by the government by giving additional charge to the RMOs of nearby dispensaries
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