Health infrastructure in small town:A study of Mandi municipal council of Himachal Pradesh
SHASHANK SHEKHAR SHEKHAR
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Abstract
Today the health infrastructure in India is really under lackadaisical conditions. It needs radical transmogrification to deal with the new emerging challenges. Also, the role of private players is continuously increasing, henceforth the health care facility getting costlier. Government hospitals are lacking resources and infrastructure. There is an inadequate number of beds, rooms, and medicines. In this paper, we are scoping, eyeing, and discussed the present scenario of healthcare facilities available in one of the small towns of hilly states of Himachal Pradesh Mandi. As our connotation is to assess the current conditions of Health care facilities available in Mandi Municipal council have a total population of 26422 people according to the census 2011. We have visited the hospitals that met different incumbent personnel also talked to the private stakeholders. In this regard, we also assessed the availability of the resources of health care in Mandi municipal council. Here we have qualitative as well as quantitative approach for improvement in our health care by focussing on workforce capacity and competency information and data system and organizational capacity ,we have also met local people, chemists and endeavored to find out the execution of the policy framed for the people on the ground level and also enquired about whether it comprises any loopholes or lacuna . Also, our approach was to find out the demands necessities of this town in terms of its infrastructure, types, and patterns of diseases also looked at the NRHM AYUSHMAN BHARAT, JAN AUSHADHI YOJNA of government how its working and what is its procedures? Is it helping on the ground or a mere formality?
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