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74% specialist doctor posts vacant in Odisha community health centres: Minister
2 weeks, 6 days ago

74% specialist doctor posts vacant in Odisha community health centres: Minister

India Today  

Odisha Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling revealed in the Assembly on Monday that over 74% of sanctioned specialist doctor posts in Community Health Centres remain vacant. Of the 1,500 sanctioned posts, only 386 specialists are currently employed, leaving a significant gap in rural healthcare services. Deogarh district stands out with only one specialist doctor working against 16 sanctioned posts. CRITICAL NUMBERS …

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Can mid-level healthcare providers compensate for physician shortages in rural India?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can mid-level healthcare providers compensate for physician shortages in rural India?

The Hindu  

A recent paper published in the National Medical Journal of India has emphasised the need to introduce a cadre of mid-level healthcare providers into the health systems to compensate for physician shortages. Coupled with professional practice models that ensure long-term growth and career advancement, MLHPs can bolster India’s journey to achieve and sustain universal health coverage,” Dr. Bhaduri says in …

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Govt identifies 120 CHCs with low admission rate, less or no doctors
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Govt identifies 120 CHCs with low admission rate, less or no doctors

Hindustan Times  

At least 120 poor-performing community health centres where patient admissions are low or they have fewer medical officers than the assigned posts have been identified by the state health department, officials in the department said. Parametres such as less than 1,000 out-patients in a month, less than 50 deliveries or 75 admissions in a month, and one or no medical …

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AP Elevates Two CHCs to Tribal Hospitals Boost to Healthcare for Tribal Communities
1 year, 2 months ago

AP Elevates Two CHCs to Tribal Hospitals Boost to Healthcare for Tribal Communities

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: In a move aimed at bolstering healthcare services for tribal communities, the AP government has recently redesignated government-run Community Health Centres in Cumbham and Giddalur of Prakasam district to Tribal Hospitals. Eight months ago, the government had redesignated the CHCs in Yerragondapalem, Markapur and Pedda Dornala into tribal hospitals. “The state government's decision to upgrade these CHCs to tribal …

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Healthcare shortfalls worsen in rural Telangana: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Healthcare shortfalls worsen in rural Telangana: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The primary healthcare system in rural Telangana is in dire straits as the shortfall in primary health centres increased to 19 per cent in 2021-22, from 12 per cent in 2020-21, as per the Rural Health Statistics 2021-22 report released last week by the Union health ministry. As per the Centre’s report, there is an 84 per cent shortfall …

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Primary healthcare in TS is crumbling: Centre’s report
2 years, 2 months ago

Primary healthcare in TS is crumbling: Centre’s report

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: While urban Telangana’s development and modern infrastructure are being hyped, the state’s rural areas are witnessing a decay of primary healthcare systems owing to a lack of basic facilities. According to the latest ministry of health and family welfare’s report on rural health statistics, Telangana had a shortfall of 12 per cent in primary healthcare centres and 53 per …

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Are we measuring our health workforce shortage right?
2 years, 2 months ago

Are we measuring our health workforce shortage right?

Hindustan Times  

If one were to think of a public health facility in India, they would imagine long queues of patients lining up for scarce outpatient care, doctors and nurses buzzing around to handle the massive patient list, and security trying hard to keep people in check. Previously, small scale WISN-based assessments have been conducted in India, focused mainly on nurses working …

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Report finds Telangana has few health centres
2 years, 7 months ago

Report finds Telangana has few health centres

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The presence of Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres in Telangana is 53 per cent and 12 per cent less than the required numbers, respectively, as per the Rural Health Statistics 2020-21 report. It noted that as on March 31, 2021, 180 CHCs were deemed to be required in the state, whereas there were only 85, a shortfall …

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Tackling effectively the maternal and child health emergencies
2 years, 8 months ago

Tackling effectively the maternal and child health emergencies

Hindustan Times  

India accounted for estimated 35,000 maternal deaths or 12% of global maternal deaths in 2017 as per United Nation. Sustainable Development Goal 3 says to reduce Maternal Mortality Rate to 70 per 100,000 live births, and under-five mortality rate by 25 per 1000 live births by 2030 meaning fewer than 18,000 maternal and 6,25,000 deaths of udder five children per …

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Data | NEET may deepen shortage of rural specialists in TN
3 years, 3 months ago

Data | NEET may deepen shortage of rural specialists in TN

The Hindu  

The profile of students admitted to the MBBS degree in Tamil Nadu has changed drastically since the NEET began to be conducted. Click to remove AMP mode Poorer rural manpower The table lists the % of doctor vacancies compared to the sanctioned posts and the % of shortfall of specialists as compared to the required numbers under IPHS** norms across …

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Rural health care needs fixing, and now
3 years, 6 months ago

Rural health care needs fixing, and now

The Hindu  

The two consecutive waves of COVID-19 and Mucormycosis have left us shattered. The key role of health-care facilities in the rural areas is to provide regular and comprehensive health-care needs guided by the World Health Organization ’s principle of Universal Health Coverage, “ensuring that all people have access to needed health services of sufficient quality to be effective while also …

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