Based on a poor efficiency gauged between April 2023 to January 2024, the BMC’s public well being division has been ranked on the dismal nineteenth spot by way of offering high quality well being providers. Following analysis on key parameters like new child and maternal care, the state well being division positioned India’s richest civic physique even under the Ulhasnagar municipal company. However, the BMC officers cried foul, arguing that the rating was primarily based on previous knowledge. The civic physique was content material that it acquired full marks in immunisation and dengue drives.

Meanwhile, the Pune municipal company was ranked first, adopted by Kolhapur, Sangli, Nagpur and Navi Mumbai civic our bodies. Their counterparts in Vasai-Virar, Dhule, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani and Jalgaon fared poorly. They have been evaluated on their efficiency of varied well being programmes for maternal well being, youngster well being, household planning and welfare, and adolescent well being.

“The BMC’s health department could only manage to get 108.75 marks out of 400. Since April 2023, it has been ranked between 22nd to 25th positions. It has performed below average despite having adequate budget, manpower and infrastructure,” stated a senior well being officer on the situation of anonymity. According to the official knowledge, the civic physique has failed to enhance high quality of care throughout supply and post-partum interval prior to now yr, leading to maternal and new child mortality. It scored zeroes for nationwide programmes like management of blindness, healthcare of aged, psychological well being and tobacco management.

Downplaying the contemptible rating, a senior BMC official from the well being division stated, “We have seen the rankings but it is not correct as lots of data has not been updated at the portal despite providing the statistics to the state health department. Also, there are many private hospitals in the BMC’s jurisdiction as compared to other districts. If all data had been updated on the portal then we would have come in top 10.”

The civic our bodies have been additionally evaluated on how successfully they steered nationwide programmes like leprosy eradication, tuberculosis elimination, vector-borne illness management, city well being mission and Ayushman Bharat have been evaluated for rating. Also, finance administration and file upkeep of the reproductive and youngster well being portal have been thought-about. Notably, the state well being division has instructed the civic our bodies to enhance methods of implementing the well being programmes as most of them have carried out unsatisfactorily. More consideration ought to be given to maternal and youngster well being, household planning and tuberculosis prevention, stated an official.

BMC’s poor healthcare present

– Ranked 15 in April 2023

– Hovered between twenty fifth and twenty sixth spots in June, July, October

– Got 3.3 out of 8 factors by way of maternal well being

– Rated zero for youngster and adolescent well being, ASHA programme

– Scored a mere 0.56 out of three factors for household planning

Published on: Sunday, March 10, 2024, 01:17 AM IST