Swasthya Sewa Utsav Flags off Across Assam

BISWANATH: The first of its type project to evaluate the healthcare facilities of the state, the Assam Government started the first Swasthya Sewa Utsav on Thursday. The two-day exercise has been scheduled to run across 1252 government medical facilities from April 6 to 8.

Swasthya Sewa Utsav has been launched to assess the quality and infrastructure of government health facilities and bridge the gaps so that these health facilities can be upgraded to the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS). The Assam Government has launched the Swasthya Sewa Utsav on the lines of Gunotsav, which was created to assess both the quality of education and the infrastructure of government educational institutions in the state.

Senior officials from districts and faculty members of medical colleges will serve as external evaluators during this exercise carried out across the state. Assessment will be done on health infrastructure, human resources and service delivery of district hospitals, sub-divisional civil hospitals, CHCs and PHCs.

Along with medical facilities in other parts of the state, 31 medical facilities in Biswanath are also part of this exercise and the authorities have taken their utmost effort to perform well. Two subdivisional civil hospitals, three community health centres and twenty-six primary health centres of Biswanath have been prepared for the two-day exercise.

Professors from the Tezpur Medical Collage, Dr Dhubajyoti Bora, Dr Anil Chandra Deuri and Dr Debashish Goswami visited the new Jolpoubari primary health centre opened in Bishwanath as the external evaluators. Apart from taking stock of the resources available in the facility, the evaluators also interacted with the patients to know the problems that they are facing there.

The state seeks to identify key areas that fall short of the requirements in the medical sector as well as the lack of ample resources during this exercise. Once it is over, the medical and healthcare department will work towards bridging these gaps and ensuring healthcare services at the grassroot level.

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