CAG report had revealed irregularities in Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, Uttar Pradesh By Prathiba Raju
Arecent tragedy saw 63 children, including 17 infants, lose their life at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur. It once again showcased the deplorable state of public healthcare in India. Initially, the death of children was cited due to lack of oxygen supply as the hospital hadn’t paid its dues to the supplier, but the Uttar Pradesh government denied it and attributed the cause of the deaths to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
In the days that ensued the tragedy, as families mourned the untimely deaths of their children, the irregularities of the four government-run medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh and the callous approach of the state government in mitigating them also came to light. Especially, in the backdrop wherein it was revealed that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's General Social Sector for the government of Uttar Pradesh report had already red-flagged the flaws in the running of these hospitals.
Decoding the CAG report
The CAG audited four colleges of the 19 government medical colleges (GMC) in UP - King George Medical University, Lucknow (KGMU, Lucknow); Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut (LLRM, Meerut); Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur (BRD, Gorakhpur) and Maharani Laxmi Bai, Medical College, Jhansi (MLB, Jhansi).
The CAG social sector report states, “Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country and has public health indicators far below the national average. Inadequacy of infrastructure available in medical colleges and their associated teaching hospitals are areas of serious concern in the state which need to be addressed on priority. The Medical Education Department is responsible for establishment and maintenance of well-equipped medical colleges, including teaching institutions, which are the premier referral centres for peripheral hospitals.”
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