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Health Budget: Key focus of Delhi Government

Health Budget: Key focus of Delhi Government
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While India has the fastest growing population, and a motivated growth ambition, it has always had an unreasonably small health budget. Good health should be significant enough to be a national goal in itself. Delhi government this year has decided to increase its health budget, strengthen medical facilities and thus invest in human resources.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi led by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday presented an annual budget of Rs 46,600 crore for 2016-17. There is an increase of Rs 8,850 crore over last year’s budget. The major focus this year was the health budget. The government also promised to improve the education sector by setting aside Rs 10,690 crore for the sector.

Delhi Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia presented the budget and said that the planned expenditure has been fixed at Rs 20,600 crore and non-plan at Rs 26,000 crore.

“About 95 percent of the budget will be from our own resources, and only five percent will be provided by the central government. Of the total budget, Rs 36,500 crore will come from the taxes collected,” said Sisodia.

Hike in Health Budget by Delhi Government

The Delhi government, this year in its Budget focused majorly on health. It increased its budget for public health by Rs.472 crore as compared to the year 2015-16. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that public health sector is the key focus of developmental work undertaken by the government in 2016-17.

The Delhi government, this year in its Budget focused majorly on health. Click To Tweet

Key factors of Health Budget

  • The government projected a three-tier health system
  • Promised to open 1,000 community clinics and 150 polyclinics in the state
  • Sisodia announced10,000 additional beds will be available in city government hospitals over the next two years.
  • A complete Health Information Management System (HIMS) will be started wherein the government will provide health cards to all its citizens, with a unique identifier.
  • Better health infrastructure
  • Free medicines and diagnostic tests in all Delhi government hospitals
  • Expansion of ambulance fleet with 100 basic and 10 advanced life support ambulances by July 2016.
  • To provide instant medical help for rape victims, police and counselling service would be provided at ‘One Stop Centres’.

Hitting at the governments in other states and the previous Delhi government, Sisodia said that they intentionally tried to threaten the public health sector and boosted private health service providers for their own personal gains.

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What is three-tier health system?

Sisodia health budget

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Sisodia calls it ‘Indian model of Health’.

1.The first tier would be community clinics to provide immediate remedy or primary care to the public within their locality. The mohalla clinics would have doctors and medicines but not experts. These single-doctor OPDs seek to address most of the common health care scenario where the experts are not needed,” Sisodia said.

He further added that tenders have been released for 1,000 mohalla clinics across the state. In the meantime 100 clinics will be opened in rented buildings.

2. The second-tier comprises of polyclinics, where diagnostic test facilities with specialized doctors will be available. “The polyclinics will be connected to the laboratory network throughout Delhi; 150 such polyclinics are planned, 29 have already started functioning,” Sisodia said.

“Today, on the one hand, one has to stand in long queues at hospitals for minor health issues like cough and cold while specialist doctors and facilities remain held up as they handle these minor cases.

“The aim of the government is to make the first two tiers (mohalla clinics and polyclinics) handle the minor cases so that the burden on hospitals is reduced and resources are properly channelised,” said Sisodia.

This will reduce too much crowd in the hospitals and will also help in improving the efficiency of doctors.

3. The third tier will focus on the hospitals which are being re-modelled and the establishment of new institutions.

“The reforms would provide 10,000 additional beds in Delhi by next two years. Health card with unique identifier would be given to citizens. We are also mulling the possibility of connecting the health card system with the school systems in future,” Sisodia said.

Will the government be able to fulfill its promises? Share your views.

 


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  • Very interesting post.

  • Hi Sonal
    It’s interesting to read about what’s happening in another country. Right now I’m embarrassed by mine and all the shameful political nonsense going on. in the USA. What must other countries think of us? There are many community clinics where US citizens go to and are quite beneficial. If there’s a serious problem then you’re sent to the hospital. My husband had hip surgery in November. It was a one hour surgical procedure and he was home in 4 hours. Back to work in 3 weeks. Technology is getting better and faster in some ways.
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      Hi Lesly

      I feel that politics is dirty in every country. There are many community clinics here also but there is no care. Health was something that was always neglected by the government. I hope this time they fulfill their promises and do something substantial for the public.

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