Day: July 28, 2012

State Government is making serious attempt to revive Government schools as the situation demands it. Government endeavour had yielded good result. Now children have rushed to Government schools gleefully. Parents are also happy that there had been drastic cut in the education expenditure of their siblings. Government school demands only Rs 2000 as admission fee and monthly fee is almost nil. Admission fee charged by private school is unaffordable. Really very high. Government schools competing with private schools at the intermediate level will have far reaching consequences in bettering education system in the state. Benefits have been reaped. Mass copying in the examination hall has become a thing of the past. If similar attempt is made by the Health Department Government of Manipur it will bring a change in providing better health care to the patients at the Government hospital and health centres? We have noticed in Manipur mushrooming of private clinics and diagnostic centres.
Private clinics are doing a thriving business as the Government hospitals exist for name sake. There is complete absence of the medical equipments in the Government hospitals. The little few available are either non functional or there are no mechanics to operate these machines. Doctors are given non practising allowances. But too many of them perform surgical operation at private clinics to earn hefty income in addition to their normal salary given by the Government. This goes on unchecked. A system needs to be evolved to create room for healthy growth of Government hospitals and health centre. Only 10 percent of the population can afford the luxury of getting treatment at the private clinics. The rest 90 percent rot at the Government hospitals. Success or failure of a Government is
decided by how it attempts to take care of the poverty stricken people. All these schemes and policies are for the poor people. No scheme or policy is set to look after wealthy people. Because a Government exists to serve the interest of the helpless lot. It is time Medical Department Government of Manipur take steps to better Government hospitals and centres. Doctors suggesting patients to go to private clinics to get medical treatment could be seen as a blow to the poor people. They have no money to give Doctors fee and room charges imposed on them by the private clinics. Yet they go to private clinics. For people have lost confidence in the Government hospital. This is not a good trend. Crores of rupees have been spent in the infrastructural development of hospitals and health centres and also in paying perks and perquisites of Doctors and nurses. If the poor patients would not get the benefit of having these Government hospitals pouring fund on them is like throwing waste materials into the deep gorge. The situation now calls for thorough analysis by the competent authority. Poverty stricken people cannot be kept neglected. Try to see how these Government hospitals and health centres are functioning. Something will surely come out after the inspection. That will be good for one and all.

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