Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 2: While lauding the role of the Union Government decision on a two-pronged strategy on lock down the entire nation to break the infection chain and quickly ramp up its healthcare facilities to face the COVID-19 pandemic in India, former Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, Kavinder Gupta said that developing health infrastructure, especially in the rural areas should be prioritized by the Government.
He said although the Government has brought the Ayushman Bharat scheme — the health insurance program which has proved to be a major health policy intervention. However, need of hour is to streamline and develop healthcare infrastructure to cope up with COVID-19 like pandemic.
Another area to be looked into is the escalating prices of essential medicines. “The Government has allowed the firms to set the prices as per market-based system rather than what they accrue as costs of production. However, while Pharma firms are making lot of profits, the common man is suffering. The Government must without delay ask the firms to go back to cost-of-production pricing system,” Jan Swasthya Abhiyan’s , Gupta said.
Kavinder Gupta lauded the role being played by every person associated with health care for rendering round the clock services for treatment of the suspected patients, police and civil administration for their services for identifying the persons suspected with the COVID-19 due to physical contacts with patients and based on their travel history to the red zone areas. He said across the country civilians, NGOs, police and administration is actively serving the daily needs and food items to the needy ones, for which they should be appreciated.
Kavinder Gupta pleaded to general public to come forward the donate either to Prime Minister’s Care Fund’ or J&K Relief Fund as per their ability to donate and provide the food items to the Labourers stuck in Jammu to earn their livelihood from other states.
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