Satyendar Jain, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of NCT of Delhi, who is donning several other portfolios of Power, PWD, Industries in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in a candid and free-wheeling exclusive interaction with Prathiba Raju, elucidates about Delhi government’s three-tier healthcare system, mohalla clinics, polyclinics and multispeciality hospitals and how it is improving the healthcare infrastructure of Delhi
Can you list out the various initiatives taken by AAP government towards betterment of healthcare sector in the NCT?
The most important achievement on the health front made by us is the starting of mohalla (neighbourhood) clinics in Delhi. These clinics have been conceptualised as a mechanism to provide quality primary healthcare services accessible within the communities in Delhi at their doorstep, and help decongest crowd within government hospitals. We have set up 158 clinics so far and will open 1000 clinics soon. Next to mohalla clinics, we have multi-speciality polyclinics, which focus on secondary healthcare in the form of OPD consultation by specialist doctors, including diagnostics.
We have opened 25 clinics and our target is to have 150 such polyclinics. Right now, the mohalla clinics and polyclinics are functioning upto 10 to 15 percent only, but if they are fully functional it will help de-congest government hospitals. Unlike any other metros, Delhi’s government hospitals are facing huge crowd. In 2015, the government hospitals in Delhi registered 30 million OPDs. In 2016, it was 40 million OPDs and in 2017, we will cover atleast 50 million OPDs. We are providing free of cost medicines and tests, so many are coming from nearby states as well. Increased OPDs itself showcases that the services have been enhanced. For example, the Delhi government has tied up with certain private labs which conduct MRI, PET scans and ultrasounds for free for its citizens where we pay for them. Till now, over 5,000 scans have been conducted in these labs per month.
According to you, AAP's mohalla clinics have gained huge achievements. Do you think the rationale behind this initiative is met?
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