Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 26: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo today said that all District Hospitals (DHs) of Jammu and Kashmir would have functional Dialysis Centres by July 2020, adding that even as the facility is already available in majority of DHs.
He said this while chairing a meeting convened to review implementation of Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme under National Health Mission, here at the Civil Secretariat.
The dialysis programme is aimed at to provide improved access to dialysis services at district headquarters and to reduce impoverishment on account of out-of-pocket expenditure for patients, who have to undergo important life-saving procedure.
During the review meeting, the FC was informed that Dialysis Centres have been established in Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri, Kathua, Poonch, Doda, Kishtwar, Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Pulwama, Kulgam and Kupwara and 70 dialysis machines have been provided through Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, free of cost for the purpose.
The FC was further informed that Dialysis Centre for District Hospital Samba is also approved this financial year, while the Dialysis Centres at the DHs Ramban, Reasi, Ganderbal and Shopian are proposed to be established in the next financial year.
Financial Commissioner, further said that the Government is going to start Peritoneal Dialysis in the District Hospitals of Anantnag, Baramulla and Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu, and Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital Srinagar, on a pilot basis.
The estimated cost for Peritoneal Dialysis per patient on monthly basis ranges from Rs 1800 to Rs 26,400 but the services shall be free for BPL patients.
The meeting also decided that District Hospitals Anantnag and Baramulla will be provided extra 4 dialysis machines each to cater to the huge rush of patients at the hospitals.
The meeting was further informed that in the year 2019, 11,689 dialysis sessions have been held during which 273 patients have availed services under the dialysis programme.
The meeting was attended by Director Health Services, Jammu, Dr Renu Khajuria; Mission Director, National Health Mission, Bhupinder Kumar; Joint Director (Planning) H&ME, Madan Lal and other senior officers.
Director Health Services, Kashmir along with Chief Medical Officers of Kashmir division attended the meeting though video conferencing.
Menahwile, Dulloo said that Government is soon starting Diploma in National Board (DNB) courses in the Government Medical Colleges and the District Hospitals (DHs) of Jammu and Kashmir.
He also said that the process for hiring of 252 Staff Nurses for 6 District Hospitals will be completed within one month.
He was speaking at a meeting to discuss modalities for starting of DNB courses in Government Medical Colleges and the District Hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir.
The FC was informed that GMCs and District Hospitals including DH Poonch, Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu, DH Udhampur, DH Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, DH Pulwama and CHC Kupwara have applied for starting DNB programme.
The FC was further informed that GMCs and DHs of J&K have applied for 16 Super Specialties and 12 Broad Specialties. Out of the 12 applications processed so far, 10 have been approved by National Board of Examinations, he was told.
It was also given out in the meeting that the process for recruitment of 252 Staff Nurses allocated equally among 6 District Hospitals is going on smoothly and will be completed within the deadline. The hospitals include DH Poonch, Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu, DH Udhampur, DH Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, DH Pulwama and CHC Kupwara.
The FC was further informed that a total of Rs 3.30 crore has been released to institutions by National Health Mission, J&K against an approval of Rs 5.34 crore for implementation of DNB programme in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a separate meeting held earlier, Atal Dulloo also reviewed the Operationalisation of State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (OSOTTO) and directed that the matter should be taken with utmost seriousness.
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