New Delhi:
Delhi Well being Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s workplace of “spreading falsehood” and ignoring the acute scarcity of medical personnel within the authorities hospitals of the capital.
In a strongly-worded response to the allegation, Raj Niwas officers mentioned 10 years of misgovernance, masqueraded by commercials and propaganda, has begun to implode.
“Now that the system is crumbling, Press Convention Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj is frantically looking for alibis. The AAP’s well being mannequin is there for all to see,” an official mentioned.
Addressing a press convention, Mr Bharadwaj accused the LG of hiding behind his workplace and “not directly spreading lies to the general public and the media”.
“I request the LG to not cover behind his workplace and not directly current lies to the general public, however somewhat maintain a press convention and as a substitute of officers, write these lies together with his personal pen and current them to the media and the folks of the nation in order that motion may be taken towards him for his lies,” he mentioned.
He talked about that the poorest of the poor folks of the capital and the encircling states come to Delhi hospitals with the hope that they are going to get enough therapy. However as a result of enormous scarcity of docs, nurses, paramedical workers, lab technicians, OT technicians and many others. in Delhi’s hospitals, these poor individuals are not capable of get enough therapy and that is being achieved intentionally beneath a conspiracy, Bharadwaj alleged.
Mr Bharadwaj, whereas presenting the letters written by him earlier to Mr Saxena about these vacancies, mentioned he took over because the well being minister of Delhi in March 2023 and on April 19, 2023, wrote the primary letter to the LG, informing him that there’s a scarcity of 292 basic medical obligation officers (GDMOs) and 234 specialists in Delhi authorities hospitals.
“No motion was taken to fill these vacancies, somewhat the docs who had been holding excessive positions in Delhi authorities hospitals by means of the Central Well being Providers (CHS) had been additionally known as again by the Centre by eradicating them from Delhi authorities hospitals,” he claimed.
He mentioned he wrote one other letter to the LG on June 6 and informed him that it’s going to take a really very long time to recruit docs by means of the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC).
“There are a lot of hospitals, there are huge machines within the hospitals, however as a result of scarcity of docs, individuals are not capable of get surgical procedures, therapy just isn’t being achieved, so in the intervening time, docs ought to be appointed on a contractual foundation.
“However regardless of that, no order was issued by the LG for the recruitment of docs on contract,” he claimed.
The minister mentioned he had once more despatched a letter to the LG by means of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the recruitment of docs and different paramedical workers within the vacant posts within the Delhi authorities hospitals.
By way of the letter, Mr Bharadwaj mentioned he informed the LG that the posts of 30 per cent docs, 20 per cent nurses, 30 per cent pharmacists and about 1,658 posts of OT technicians, lab technicians, autopsy technicians and many others. are vacant.
On June 25, Mr Bharadwaj mentioned he wrote to the well being secretary.
“I informed him that many new hospitals of the Delhi authorities are being constructed and new blocks are being constructed in some previous hospitals, about 12,000-14,000 new beds are going to be added within the hospitals, however the variety of workers and docs required for the present hospitals just isn’t full, a minimum of the variety of workers and docs required within the present hospitals ought to be recruited and I ought to be offered data on what motion is being taken on that,” he added.
He mentioned didn’t obtain any reply from the well being secretary.
Mr Bharadwaj identified that the committee of Dr Sarin constituted by the excessive court docket has additionally accepted that there’s a enormous scarcity of docs and different paramedical workers within the Delhi authorities hospitals, attributable to which individuals are not getting enough therapy and that recruitment ought to be achieved on a contractual foundation instantly.
Mr Bharadwaj mentioned on July 26, he once more wrote a letter to Mr Saxena and requested him that because the providers division comes instantly beneath him and the appointment of a health care provider by means of the UPSC can take a whole lot of time, holding this in thoughts, docs ought to be employed for Delhi authorities hospitals on a contractual foundation as quickly as potential, in order that the poor folks coming for therapy in these hospitals can get full and enough therapy.
Later, addressing a press convention, AAP’s chief spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar mentioned the well being mannequin of the Delhi authorities is being mentioned even in international international locations and they won’t let it turn out to be like Uttar Pradesh.
Hitting again, Raj Niwas officers mentioned the excessive court docket took suo-motu cognisance of the pathetic state of affairs within the Delhi authorities hospitals and summoned Bharadwaj.
“It appointed a committee beneath Dr SK Sarin to enhance issues, however its complete report was neither deliberated upon by the PC minister, who additionally occurs to be the well being minister. Fraud in mohalla clinics, no new hospital in 10 years, tenders rising from Rs 400 crore to Rs 1,100 crore for the development of hospitals, medication buy rip-off and many others. lie completely uncovered,” an official mentioned.
In addition to, any service matter, together with appointments, postings, transfers and disciplinary actions, are determined by the NCCSA headed by the Chief Minister and put as much as the LG, he added.
“Kejriwal has not convened a single assembly of the NCCSA since ages. Even when he was out on bail and authorised by the Supreme Court docket to take action,” the official mentioned.
Referring to Mr Bharadwaj, he mentioned he would have achieved nicely to deliver these issues to Mr Kejriwal when he was out on bail and requested him to behave, somewhat than writing fig-leaf alibis to the LG.
“Will probably be within the curiosity of the general public well being system in Delhi if he indulges in governance somewhat than doing three to 4 press conferences a day,” he added.
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