TAMIL Nadu needs to allocate more funds to develop health infrastructure and should increase human resources in government hospitals to ensure quality medical and health care services, doctors from across the state have suggested. There is no point in investing more on opening new government medical colleges without improving existing government hospitals, they aver.
The state has 36 government medical colleges after it added 11 more last year. TN is among the states having the highest beds-to-population ratio in India. It has around 75,000 beds across the state, with majority of around 60,000 in government hospitals.
Last year, the government allocated ₹17,902 crore in the state budget.
"We have several medical college hospitals but there is inadequate human resources to operate these institutions. There is a shortage of doctors, staff nurses and other workers. The government should recruit more people and funds should be allocated for this," said Dr P Saminathan, state president, Service and Post Graduate Doctors Association.
This story is from the March 15, 2023 edition of The New Indian Express.
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