Vaishali: The outbreak of AES in Bihar's Muzaffarpur has shown the reality of the situation of the health department of Bihar.
Vaishali district of the state is also affected by poor health care facilities. The district is battling the shortage of doctors and other staffs in the government hospitals.
With the increase in the population of the district, the number of doctors is declining. There are only 112 government doctors on a population of about 40 lakh in the district.
According to the Civil Surgeon, Indradev Ranjan, there are only 111 doctors employed whereas there is a need of 266. There are two Referral Hospitals, one sub-divisional hospital, 15 primary health centres, 337 health sub-centres besides Sadar Hospital in the district. However, there are only 25 doctors in the district's largest Sadar Hospital.
In fact, there are vacancies for compounders in the government hospitals of the district. Regardless of the fact that the government has been made aware of the situation, no action was taken.
Ranjan said that due to the deficiency, there is difficulty in treating patients.
Along with the shortage of hospital staffs, the district government hospital is also facing scarcity of medicines. The patients have to buy medicines from private medical stores where they are forced to pay more amount than required.
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