Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 31: Minister for Health and Medical Education Ch Lal Singh today said that regularization of the staff appointed under National Health Mission is the subject matter of the Central Government.
While replying to a question of PDP member Surinder Choudhary in the Upper House today, the Health Minister said that 6815 persons have been engaged on contractual basis under National Health Mission including doctors, paramedics and staff for the programme management units. In addition to this, 11686 ASHA workers have been selected so far in the rural areas of the State. He said since the NHM is the subject matter of Centre therefore State has nothing to do with it. He said the State can only recommend to the Centre to regularize all of them.
Replying to another question, the Minister said in Nowshera constituency 13 doctors, 61 paramedics and 137 ASHA workers have been engaged. He said an amount of Rs 5.19 crore has been released to Nowshera constituency under National Health Mission (NHM) during 2013-14 and 2014-15 (ending Feb), out of which Rs 29.85 lakh has been disbursed as incentives to ASHA workers of this constituency.
The Minister further said that in order to popularize schemes and components of NHM various steps have been taken up including regular awareness generation through print and electronic media, organization of ‘Sammelans’ at district and block level, organization of rallies and debates in schools and colleges, orientation workshops like one day orientation workshop organized during 2010-11 for the legislators and hoardings have also been displayed in Health Institutions depicting various components/schemes under the Mission.
Minister for Health and Medical Education, Ch Lal Singh informed the House that 826 new Sub-Centers under NRHM and 371 existing sub Sub-Centers have been upgraded to the level of NTPHC in the State during the current year. He said no such proposal for creation of new health institutions during the next fiscal is under consideration with the department.
Replying to the supplementaries of Vibod Gupta, Inayat Ali and Firdous Tak, the Minister said he will look into the cases where health sub centres have been sanctioned under political considerations. If need he may go for the review. He also gave assurance to upgrade two sub centres in Kargil.
Regarding over staying Registrars in GMC Jammu, the Minister said he has already launched massive exercise to shift all the over staying doctors. They will have to go outside and serve the rural masses as many posts are vacant in remote and rural areas. “I know many of them go to the courts and bring stay but I have made that arrangement also,” the Minister added.
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