Basic health services

The Himalayan Times

2 February 2017

Basic health services

It was encouraging to know that 62 percent of health centres offer basic health services related to child health, family planning and antenatal care. It was revealed by Nepal Health Facility survey 2015 report “62 per cent health centres offer basic facilities” (THT, 31 Jan. Page2). This can be taken as great leap forward of the government towards improvement of local health delivery system. However, it has still a long way to go to provide other basic health services from its VDC level health posts throughout the country. Most of these health posts, especially in the rural areas, are not properly equipped with appropriate equipments, adequate supplies and other physical facilities. Not all these health facilities have also proper pro-client latrines and drinking water system.

Medicines supplied by the government to these health facilities hardly last six months. Unless the government improves its medicine supply system to these health facilities, people will continue to suffer in the coming days. They have been made compelled to buy medicines from private clinics in inflated price. Lack of trained health staffs in the remote rural areas has hampered the delivery of quality health services. This problem has been going on since long. The government has totally failed to address this issue. Credit should be given to the private health institutions for producing more health workers who, however, hesitate to go out in the rural areas and serve the people. The government should find out appropriate alternatives to lure the health staffs to go out to the rural areas and provide basic health services to the needy.

According to the survey report, not all the health facilities have all the basic amenities which are needed to provide basic health services. It is said that the local health delivery system in Nepal is one of the best among other Asian countries. However, due to lack of proper monitoring and supervision, quality services to the people are still questionable. Access to basic health services is the right of every citizen of Nepal.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

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