Functionaries of the Mavoor Grama Panchayat and the administration committee of the well being centre at Cherooppa will take out a protest march to the workplace of the principal, Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, on Monday towards the alleged neglect of the one well being facility of their space.

T. Ranjith, president of the panchayat, instructed The Hindu on Sunday that the well being centre had been functioning for twenty-four hours underneath a twin management system. Outpatient (OP) providers are managed by the District Medical Officer underneath the Directorate of Health Services and the in-patient providers and surgical procedures by the Government Medical College Hospital underneath the Directorate of Medical Education. There was a time when round 30 home surgeons labored there. After the homicide of Vandana Das, a home surgeon on the Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital in Kollam district, final month, the providers of home surgeons deployed there have been stopped.

This was based mostly on a authorities order cancelling their evening shift obligation in rural hospitals till a security audit is carried out. Supervision by a medical officer was made necessary for the evening shift obligation of home surgeons. The hospital doesn’t have a medical officer at evening and closed-circuit cameras which are necessary necessities for 24×7 providers.

This led to the suspension of the round the clock service in the one public well being facility utilized by residents of Mavoor and close by Chathamangalam, Peruvaya and Perumanna panchayats in Kozhikode and Vazhakkad within the adjoining Malappuram district. The OP service was closed at midday.

Mr. Ranjith claimed that even earlier, the authorities had been neglecting the power and their pleas to enhance the providers. The highway to the well being centre is in a foul form and the buildings on the six-acre plot are in a dilapidated situation. Health grants value lakhs of rupees from the Centre are getting lapsed.

This compelled the panchayat to start a sit-in exterior the centre on June 13. After a spherical of deliberations with the authorities, it was determined to increase the OP providers until 6 p.m. The medical faculty hospital additionally determined to nominate an affiliate professor as an officer to implement varied schemes for the centre, and two home surgeons. The District Medical Officer (DMO) is meant to nominate an assistant surgeon.

However, Mr. Ranjith mentioned their agitation would proceed until the restoration of the 24×7 providers. “If the medical college cannot run the centre, it should be handed over to the Directorate of Health Services,” he added.