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Govt wooing private players to invest in health sector, experts smell rat

11/14/2017
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report


JAMMU, Nov 14: The double standards of government can be gauged from the fact that on the one hand the State Government is claiming that government health sector is being boosted by opening new medicals colleges and other health institutions across State but on the other side private players were urged to invest in Jammu and Kashmir's Health Sector.
Here is need to mention that the Minister for Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat had urged private players to invest in state's Health sector during a CME resulting the doctors' fraternity has divided over the Minister' statement.
A group of doctors alleged that the Health Ministry is not serious about the State particularly Jammu's health sectors and gradually the government health institutions are being privatized by opening PP mode, shops, and outsourcing bathrooms. It shows the policies and vision of the concerned toward the government health hospitals.
"Instead of urging private players, the State Government should think about the poor and middle class --- who can't afford costly advance treatment--- and should boost the government sector by introducing new and advance treatment so that people of the State avail the treatment at affordable rates, "doctors told and adding that privatization is not a solution. Privatization leads to hike health expenditures attributed to the increased the cost of medical consultations, drugs, and tests because of pressure to make profits.
"Look at other states' private sectors, many of them promotes uncalled for investigations and treatment in order to recover their initial investment. Everyone involved in this has to earn more and more and allegedly looting. As privatization is a profession, is not just public services," they claimed.
They added that it seems the government has lack of policies and vision to upgrade Jammu's health institutions.
The statement is raising question mark over the practices of doctors who are working in government sector as they are ineligible to provide advanced treatment that's why private players are being urged to invest.
They asked what we can expect from Government - which takes tax from people but fail to utilize properly-which is unable to guarantee its people to provide clean water, healthy food, and proper treatments so far? All these steps are being taken to appease their near and dears or politically motivated.




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