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Where are the doctors?
Lack of resident doctors at Public Health Centres (PHC)s of Old City is resulting in difficulties for patients and burdening the staff at the institutions. Consequently, pharmacists and technicians associated with these centres are administering medicines to the patients who visit for consultation.
Charminar: Lack of resident doctors at Public Health Centres (PHC)s of Old City is resulting in difficulties for patients and burdening the staff at the institutions. Consequently, pharmacists and technicians associated with these centres are administering medicines to the patients who visit for consultation.
Highlights:
- There are 7 PHCs at Surajbhan Cluster; 4 do not have resident doctors
- PHC at Eidi Bazar does not have doctor
- Panjeshah 1, Panjeshah 2 and Tara Maidan PHCs do not have doctors
- 1 doctor looks after 4 PHCs in the circle
- Recruitment possible only after January 2018
Out of the seven PHCs of Surajbhan Cluster four do not have a resident doctor and that is making treatment difficult. One centre at Eidi Bazar does not have a doctor for the past one year.
The Panjeshah 1, Panjeshah 2 and Tara Maidan PHCs do not have doctors for two months now where the number of patients is about 100 to 150 every day. For four of the PHCs there is only one doctor who is looking after the functions.
T Srinivas, in-charge doctor for PHCs said that district medical and health department officials had tried to recruit MBBS doctors, but they could not do so. He said that despite several notifications, no one approached to join as a resident doctor for PHCs in the Old City. “This is not only bothering district medical officials but also the people visiting centres,” he added.
He said that lack of the healthcare practitioners was compensated by the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) doctors in the centres, but it cannot be run for a long time that way.
Many patients who visit the centres complained that without a doctor, the centre would be of no meaning. Omer Bin Ahmed, a resident of Shakar Kotha lamented that when his child was suffering from viral fever, he was forced to visit a private hospital as there were no doctors at the Panjeshah centres. “PHCs are a major relief for residents here but if doctors are not available it would be meaningless,” he said.
Meanwhile, DMHO officials said that there may be recruitment of doctors only after January 2018 after the Medical PG Examinations early next year.
By Mohammed Younus
