People pour out their woes

Hit exhausting by the pandemic state of affairs and the insufficient response from authorities businesses throughout a well being disaster, folks of Shahabad in Kalaburagi district poured out their issues to Mines and Geology Minister and district in-charge Murugesh Nirani when he visited the Shahabad Community Health Centre on Monday.

“COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in the district and people in the area are hit hard. Government health servants are not responsive to the people’s woes. Most of the health staff are not available at the Community Health Centre when people are in dire need,” a couple of folks informed Mr. Nirani.

Responding to the surprising resentment from the folks, Taluk Health Officer of Shahabad Deepak Patil pleaded helplessness because of the sudden rush of sufferers owing to the fast-spreading pandemic towards restricted assets to deal with the demand.

“Shahabad was just upgraded as a taluk recently and all the required infrastructure, including human resources, are yet to be provided to facilitate full-fledged functioning of the taluk. After the outbreak of the pandemic, a large number of patients are turning up at Community Health Centre seeking treatment and we are unable to handle the situation owing to the limited resources. The Community Health Centre needs to be upgraded to a taluk hospital so that it gets more resources and enables us to cater to the increasing demand,” Dr. Patil stated.

Adding to Dr. Patil, Shahabad Community Health Centre Administrative Officer (Provisional) Mohammed Abdul Raheem stated that the posts of a basic medical officer, non-communicable illnesses physician and anaesthetist are mendacity vacant.

“The centre saw a footfall of around 350 outpatients every day. The number has dropped to 150 now. Since the pandemic is spreading fast in the rural areas, we need to open a COVID Care Centre here,” he stated.

In his response, Mr. Nirani introduced {that a} COVID Care Centre will shortly be opened on the Shahabad Community Health Centre and 5 oxygen cylinders will probably be supplied for the aim. He additionally directed District Health and Family Welfare Officer Sharanabasappa Ganajalkhed to deploy a gynaecologist who will work for 3 days every week within the Community Health Centre.

“We have also taken an initiative to convert the Shahabad ESIC Hospital into a COVID Care Centre and work is on. Once it is functional, we will put in all efforts to upgrade it into a full-fledged hospital,” Mr. Nirani stated.

Lok Sabha Member from Kalaburagi Umesh Jadhav, legislators Basavaraj Mattimadu, B.G. Patil, Shashil G Namoshi, Karnataka State Women Development Corporation president Shashikala Tengali, BJP leaders Vishwanath Patil Hebbal, Doddappagouda Patil Naribol, Amarnath Patil, Shivaraj Patil Raddewadagi and others had been current.