Strong monitoring needed for health services delivery: Khandu

Itanagar, July 7 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today called for a strong monitoring system and change of work culture for successful health services delivery in the state. Chairing the State Health Mission (SHM) meeting, Khandu said the health service scenario has improved over the years, but scope for improvement remains. He particularly emphasised on rationalisation of posting and transfers of health professionals as per criteria and need. For actual service delivery at the ground level, the chief minister requested the health department and the SHM to put in place a strong mechanism for monitoring and making officials accountable. He said despite there being in place monitoring mechanism at all levels, service delivery at the grass root is not satisfactory, an official report said. Khandu was also concerned with the deteriorating work culture among government officials, which has become the major stumbling block in the health delivery system and urged officials to tighten their belts or face the consequences.
The chief minister also called for convergence of schemes under the National Health Mission with welfare schemes of other departments like Public Health Engineering & Water Supply and Women and Child Development. “NHM schemes can be successfully implemented in villages with proper coordination between agencies like ASHA and Anganwadi,” he said.