PRESS RELEASE
“Delhi
A thousand people have access to just two
hospital beds”
This sorry state of medical facilities in Delhi was highlighted by
Professor Jagdish Mukhi in his election campaign covering Tiharjail quarters, Nariniketan,
and Blocks A1A-A1B-and A1 in Ward 118 of the Janakpuri constituency.
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi has been
representing this constituency for the last six consecutive terms. He has also
served as Minister for Finance in the Government of Delhi.
In his door to door campaign he
was accompanied with Nigam Parshad Mrs. Rajani Mamtani , Mandal Adhyaksha
Balraj Solanki , Navin Wahi , RWA President J.B.Gupta , Mohan Seth , Sunil
Adora , Sunil Jindal and over a hundred BJP workers
“Delhi government has miserably
failed to provide any worth while medical facilities to the people of Delhi.
Over the decade, the population of Delhi has
grown by over 60 lakhs but just around 4700 beds have been added in government
run hospitals. . Two patients on a
single hospital bed is a common sight in most government run hospitals. Patients
do not get appropriate medicines from the
hospitals and have to get diagnostic tests done on payment from market agencies.
There has been a phenomenal rise
in the price of medicines over the last five years. The government has no
control over sale of spurious drugs.
According to government estimates
there are 4 lakh people living below poverty line but only less than four
thousand have been covered under State Health Insurance Plan. The budget
provision under this head is a mere Rs.
4, 39,199.”
Professor Mukhi was critical of
private hospitals denying medical facilities to poor patients although they had
been provided land at much below markets rates on the understanding that they
would reserve a certain percentage of beds in the hospitals for poor patients.
“The CAT ambulances are no where
on the roads of Delhi . All claims about provision of Health services to the
people of Delhi are hollow. ”
Narendra Chawla
Media Incharge
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