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AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): Tripura's lakhs of Indian citizens, who pride themselves on being part of the world’s largest democracy lacks inadequate healthcare infrastructure under Manik Sarkar ruled CPI-M Govt in Tripura. Not enough hospital beds, Not enough doctors, Not enough medicines, Not enough preventive healthcare and equally inadequate post hospitalization home healthcare. Despite of setting up several PHC and CHCs in the state, it seems like no proper health service exist as they are severely hit with lack of basic amenities. Reportedly, patients in several hospitals are yet suffering due to lack of beds and the basic amenities. Every year hundreds are dying in Tripura due to lack of basic healthcare facilities.
Most of the health centres in the State are running lack of adequate number of doctors and nurses. Besides, the patients are also suffering from lack of beds and insufficient infrastructure.
Hundreds of patients lay down on the floor just because the hospital lacks bed and some of the poor families are unable to pay for the bed. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and his Cabinet more focused on building stadiums for political rallys than building Hospitals.
It is to be mentioned here that this budget session several question has been raised regarding the Health service.
Now the question is, will the initiatives taken for the betterment of the health service will be only kept in the documents or they will be implemented.
Several promises were being made before every election to improve the health service in the state but after they win all the promises turned fake.
It is to be mentioned here that despite of having 900 beds, the hospital is unable to meet the need of the beds for the patients lying on the floor.
As the numbers of patients are more compare to the bed. Besides, whenever the issue has been taken up in front of the authority, they end up the discussion with a sentence that is initiative for the improvement of the GBP Hospital is under way.
Despite of several hue and cries by the patient parties including patients in various health centres suffers due to lack of basic amenities.
Allegation has been raised that despite of emergency the patient party of the hospital never finds doctors in time. Besides, most of the time the junior doctors arrive to see the patients.
On the other hand, many sanctioned posts are laying vacant thus rendering costly medical infrastructure created at these health institutions remains useless because they lack specialists to operate them. The doctors prefer lucrative urban postings rather than serving at a PHC.
In 'golden era' of Manik Sarkar, Tripura patients either have fly out of state for quality treatment or accept the reality of rotting healthcare in last CPI-M ruled state of India
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