Gadchiroli Feb. 15 (District Correspondent) The Public Health Department is working with five issues at its core: non-communicable and communicable diseases, maternal and child health, primary health care and hospitals. We will work together in all these five areas to face the challenges, asserted Dr. Nipun Vinayak, Secretary, Public Health Department, here today.
Dr. Nipun along with Joint Secretary of Public Health Department, Dr. Virendra Singh visited Shodhgram on Friday and got information about the work of ‘SEARCH’ (Society for Education Action Research in Community Health).
Dr. Nipun said, “The work done by ‘SEARCH’ in the field of health is inspiring. A program will be planned for the Chief Officers of all Zilla Parishads in the state and their teams from the health department to visit ‘Shodhgram’ and get information about health-related work.”
Dr. Virendra Singh said that it is necessary to reach health facilities to every household. “It is very important that healthcare facilities are available to the citizens on time, for this it is very important that the employees working in the health sector have the qualities of discipline, efficiency and integrity.”
Director of ‘SEARCH’ Dr. Abhay Bang said, “When it comes to health, the biggest moral and constitutional responsibility lies with the government. In the last forty years, the central government, the state government and ‘SEARCH’ have worked together. In the future too, we will work together to find solutions to various health problems and implement them.”
He further said that non-communicable diseases are a very big challenge. There is a need to attack the causes of non-communicable diseases. We will not just find and run away from patients with high blood pressure and diabetes, but we will have to work on various factors like lifestyle changes and anti-addiction programs, he said.
The incidence of non-communicable diseases like heart disease, blood pressure, cancer and various mental health conditions is increasing among tribals, said Dr. Bang. A survey conducted by ‘Search’ has shown that heart attack is an important cause of death among tribals, he said. Gadchiroli is like a laboratory for us, we do various research work related to health here, but our vision behind this is to solve health problems at the national level, he said.
Chief Executive Officer of Gadchiroli Zilla Parishad Suhas Gade said that the work of the Zilla Parishad will continue by prioritizing health. On this occasion, Dr. Vinayak and Dr. Virendra Singh visited various departments of ‘Shodhgram’ and Maa Danteshwari Hospital. Amrit Bang, Joint Director of ‘SARCH’, gave information about these departments.
On this occasion, Joint Secretary of Public Health Department Ashok Atram, CEO Annasaheb Chavan, Director Dr. Nitin Ambadekar, Deputy Director Dr. Shashikant Shambharkar, Joint Director Dr. Kamalapurkar, Dr. Sarita Hazare, Dr. Mahendra Kendra, Deputy Director of NUHM Dr. Dipti Patil and Deputy Director Dr. Vinod Pahale, Joint Director (TB and Leprosy) Dr. Sandeep Sangle, Joint Director (Hospital and Procurement) Dr. Sunita Golhait, Dr. Sonal Gawande, Dr. Kailash Baviskar and Narayan Dolas were present.
