Minister of State for Medical Education and Raichur In-charge Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil told District Health and Family Welfare officer, Narayanappa to ensure that all Primary Health Centres in the districts have sufficient quarters for doctors and nurses.
The Minister, who was presiding over Karnataka Development Meeting at Zilla Panchayat conference hall here on Monday, was responding to the officer who said that 36 of 50 PHCs did not have quarters for doctors and nurses.
“The vacancies of doctors in the PHCs will soon be filled as fresh batch of doctors from various medical colleges will come for completing mandatory rural service for one year. They should be provided with proper quarters for staying," he said.
Compensation
Responding to the question raised in the meeting about disbursement of compensation to the farmers who had lost their crops in the unseasonal rains, Deputy Commissioner S. Sasikanth Senthil said that the compensation amount to 70 per cent of the farmers would be paid shortly directly through wire.
"We have already collected bank account details of 70 percent of the beneficiaries and compensation would be paid through wire. The remaining farmers would be paid soon after they provide their bank account details," he said.
Malnutrition
While reviewing the progress of Women and Child Development department, Deputy Director of the department told the meeting that the malnutrition level in the district was on decline.
"The number of severely malnourished children has dropped from 3,680 to 2,773 within the last six months. The number stood around 3,600 for three years before that," he said. The number of moderately malnourished children has also dropped from around 1 lakh to 80,000 in the same period, he added.
The Minister told the officers to pay special attention on the issue and make serious attempts to bring the numbers to zero. "No child should die due to malnutrition. Concerned officer will have to be held responsible for any death related to malnutrition," he warned.
Koppal Lok Sabha member Sanganna Karadi, ZP president Sarojamma Basavaraj, T-CADA chairman A. Vasanth Kumar, Zilla Panchayat CEO Richard Vincent D'Souza, Superintendent of Police Chetan Singh Rathor and other people's representatives and officers were present.
