‘No way’ to Family Physician for tribals Premium
The Hindu
The medical officers working in the Agency areas also complain of poor mobile network becoming a hurdle in uploading patient data to the official website
The Family Physician programme by the State Government aimed to offer better medical services comes as a boon for people, especially in the rural and the Agency areas. However, it remains elusive to many tribals of the Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district due to the lack of good road and network connectivity.
The programme ensures that one medical officer stays in the Primary Health Centre (PHC) and a second doctor visits places like the Anganwadi centres, schools or government offices under the Sachivalayam limits.
That way, one doctor gets to meet and treat many people at these centres, and the arrangement is also convenient for the public. The programme offers almost 14 medical services, from treating fevers to attending to pregnant women.
However, the programme remains elusive to several tribals in the ASR district as the journey to the medical camps held far from their hamlets is cumbersome due to the lack of proper road connectivity. As per a senior official, over 900 habitations from the Agency do not have basic road connectivity.
”The situation in the Agency is different from planes. Some Sachivalayams in the Agency areas have around 600 households, and a few hamlets are located 4 km to 5 km from the main centre with no road connectivity. Water streams separate a few other hamlets; the only way for the people to reach the medical camp is by crossing the gushing streams. Given this situation, it is unlikely that the tribals would visit the camps regularly for a doctor consultation,” said a medical officer.
Sharing his experience, a medical officer from Paderu said that even though he had received several patients,, a good number of tribals could not attend due to a lack of proper roads.
“There may not be any issues now. But it is difficult to run the programme during the rains because it is dangerous to cross the water streams that flow with full force at that time,” he opined.
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