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Dr Santanu Sen asks a Question on increased spending from GDP on health services

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Chairman Sir, first of all, as yesterday was Doctors’ Day I would like to wish happy belated Doctors’ Day to our Hon’ble Health Minister, who is also a doctor. 

Sir, it is very unfortunate to remind you all, though India is the sixth largest economy of the world and we have seen the budgetary allocation for health in our country was hardly 1.5 per cent or even less. We have also noticed that our Hon’ble Minister hardly found 1.5 minutes to spend on budgetary allocation speech. 

Sir, my question is… in our State of West Bengal we have seen that our present Chief Minister Madam Mamata Banerjee has increased the budgetary allocation for health from Rs 682 crore to nearly 1400 times in the last seven years. So, can we see our State as a role model for the rest of the country?

 

New health policy on the anvil for Bengal

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Chandrima Bhattacharya, chairperson of the West Bengal Medical Service Corporation (WBMSC) said on Friday that the Bengal government is mulling formulation of a new health policy.

The state government could possibly invite physicians from outside the state. The state is ready to welcome investment in health sector.

She also said the state Health department’s special focus is on the poor, mother, children and elderly, and those living in under-served areas. The department is emphasising on development and maintenance of standards of service in hospitals and health care facilities.

There are 12 medical colleges and hospitals, four homeopathic medical colleges and hospitals, three Ayurvedic colleges and hospitals and three dental colleges and hospitals in the state. Many such institutions are soon to come up.

Chandrima Bhattacharya added that as Mamata Banerjee is looking after the state Health department, people from all walks of life now feel safe in the state.

 

নতুন স্বাস্থ্য নীতি তৈরী করবে রাজ্য সরকার

ওয়েস্ট বেঙ্গল মেডিকেল সার্ভিস কর্পোরেশনের চেয়ারপার্সন চন্দ্রিমা ভট্টাচার্য শুক্রবার জানান রাজ্য সরকার নতুন স্বাস্থ্য নীতি প্রণয়ন করতে চলেছে। সম্ভবত রাজ্য সরকার ভিনরাজ্যের ডাক্তারদের এখানে আসার জন্য আমন্ত্রণ জানাবে। রাজ্য সরকার স্বাস্থ্য ক্ষেত্রে লগ্নি আনতেও আগ্রহী।
তিনি আরো জানান, রাজ্য স্বাস্থ্য দফতর মূলত শিশু, নারী, বয়স্ক, দরিদ্র ও পিছিয়ে পড়া মানুষদের পরিষেবা প্রদানে জোর দিচ্ছে। হাসপাতাল ও স্বাস্থ্য কেন্দ্রগুলির পরিকাঠামো উন্নয়নেও জোর দিচ্ছে সরকার।
এই মুহূর্তে রাজ্যে ১২টি মেডিকেল কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল, চারটি হোমিওপ্যাথি মেডিকেল কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল, তিনটি আয়ুর্বেদিক কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল এবং তিনটি ডেন্টাল কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল রয়েছে। আরও নতুন কলেজ ও হাসপাতাল তৈরী করা হবে বলেও তিনি জানান।
তিনি আরো জানান, যেহেতু স্বয়ং মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় এই দপ্তরটির দায়িত্বে আছেন, রাজ্যের সকল শ্রেণীর মানুষ নিজেদের স্বাস্থ্য নিয়ে এখন অনেকটা নিশ্চিন্ত বোধ করেন।

Free health facilities in state medical colleges soon: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said free medicine and other health facilities will be available for people in all medical colleges under the state government within one month.

“In the recent past months, we have come up with a new scheme — shortly the Department of Health and Family Welfare in all West Bengal government-owned medical colleges and hospitals will offer free medical services to all people,” the chief minister said at an event felicitating meritorious students from the minority communities here.

She said that in the villages (primary to Zilla hospitals), the state government provides free medicine to patients besides not charging any fees for availing the hospital bed and related facilities.

“It implies that the free medicine and free bed-charges scheme – which we had in the zilla and district hospitals – will be extended to medical colleges. It will be implemented in the coming one month which will benefit lakhs of people,” she said.

“Patients won’t have to bear any charges on medicine, medical tests, bed and boarding fees. It will also include costly medicine for cancer, heart-related ailments, chemotherapy and others,” she said.

The state government had earlier announced providing free treatment of all types of cancer, cardiac problems and blood disorders completely free in state government-run hospitals and medical colleges.