Release Cola
Sir,
The State Government has
recently released one percent DA in favour of its
employees raising it from 37 percent to 38 percent per
month. Whereas the Public Sector Employees are being paid
15 to 16 percent Cola, per month with effect from 1.8.98.
This discrimination always exist. The COLA is due to the
public Sector Employees since 1998. The rates of
essential commodities have gone manifold, but the payment
of Cola is stagnated since Jan. 1998. The State
Government is requested to recognise the difficulties of
the Public Sector Employees and release the Cola in their
favour which is due to them, so that there is no
injustice with them in the Democratic system of the
country.
Yours etc...
Ashok Sen
J&K SFC Jammu.
Ailing Health Care System
Sir,
Providing proper health
care facilities to the masses is the responsibility of
the State Government. The State Government has created a
vast infrastructure of health care facilities throughout
the State. We are having chain of Health, Sub Health
centres, PHEs, Sub District and District Hospitals
besides having prestigious SKIMS, SMMS, SMGH and GMCs at
Jammu and Srinagar. Government has a very honest and
result oriented approach in providing better health care
facilities to the people. For this Government, has
provided all the facilities of diagnosis like modern and
sophisticated equipments etc. Medicines costing crores of
rupees are supplied to these health institutions. Nearby,
16 percent of our allocated budgeting expenditure is
incurred on health sector.
Inspite of all these
efforts and infrastructural support, our health care
system is not well- it is sick.
We do not have much staff
in the health centres in the rural areas. Those posted in
these areas, rarely go to open the centres. They manage
to get transfer or attachments with PHCs or SDMs etc. of
their choice. Rural people are left to die in the absence
of any medical assistance. Doctors in Connivance with
senior functionaries manage to get transfers before
completion of the tenure. Presence of doctors in the
rural areas is far cry.
Private practice and good
living conditions are motivating factors behind seeking
transfer to towns, cities.
Private practice also
dissuades the doctors to provide proper consultation at
Government Health Institutions. Firstly, either they do
not sit in OPD. Secondly, if they sit, they show least
interest in your ailment. They entrust the job of
prescription to their juniors. In the hospital, all
tricks are used to give you a convincing idea that Doctor
working here is interested in your ailment. And there
have been instance when Doctors openly advised the
patients to see them in their private clinics. Their
friendly attitude convinces the patients to visit their
clinics. It is a business like approach to attract more
and more patients. Doctors having their Nursing Homes
will try to admit you under the garb of serious illness,
once admitted then they begin to loot the patients. Other
having clinical Laboratories will prescribe such clinical
tests. Those having X-ray machines installed will
invariably prescribe X-ray tests that too at their X-ray
machine. Other day, I had the ill luck of visiting a
Doctor alongwith my patient who was suffering from severe
headache. I saw the Doctor prescribing X-ray to each and
every patient because he had installed X-ray machine of
his own. He prescribed X-ray chest PA view; I reminded
him that she is suffering from headache; then he
prescribed X-ray of Spondilities renal. This is the
situation. He was charging Rs 300/- to Rs 400 for X-ray
including its report writing and its examination which
seems very higher.
Government had few years
back banned the private practice of doctors but there was
no machinery to check its implementation. Doctors were
clandestinely undertaking private practice and ultimately
government had to lift the ban on their private practice.
The poor people are
suffering because doctors opt for private practice only
and in the hospitals they are reluctant to provide best
of their services. They try their best to attract the
patients to their private clinics. Some doctors posted in
periphery do not attend to their Govt duties and continue
doing private practice.
Government should
immediately impose ban on their private practice and this
ban should be implemented in letter and spirit.
Yours etc...
Ramesh Chandra
Payan (Akhnoor)
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