Policy proposing public health, clinical services cadres gets cabinet approval
TNN | Jan 25, 2019, 09:06 IST
Picture for representational purpose only.THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The cabinet on Thursday approved the new health policy which promises to make healthcare more affordable and upholds the right to health for all.
"By creating more facilities and increasing the human resources, we are intending to provide the healt care at affordable rates," said health minister K K Shailaja after the cabinet meeting. The policy has been framed with short-term and long-term goals. Improving the facilities for quality healt care will be the prime focus. Under the Aardram Mission, already the government has initiated to make the healthcare more patient-friendly.
It has been decided to classify the health care providing centres based on the Indian Public Health Standard guidelines. This will create more referral centres in the state. The primary and secondary healthcare centres will be focusing on preventive and clinical care. The tertiary care sector will only function as referral centres.
For this, under the policy, it has been decided to bifurcate the health service sector. It will be divided into public health cadre and clinical services cadre. The two cadres will have separate directorates. The directorate of medical education will remain as the same. The doctors will be classified under these three cadres from now on.
The Clinical Establishment Act will ensure that private hospitals are providing quality treatment at most affordable rates. The policy also ensures that minimum wages are paid to the employees of the private hospitals. It will be made mandatory that all the hospitals display the rates of the treatment on public domain and the patients are not fleeced in the name of treatment.
Registration will be made mandatory for laboratories and imaging centres. The policy has also stressed the need for setting up factories which could manufacture medical devices and appliances in the state. A multidisciplinary pharmacy research centre will also be set up in the state. A Kerala Unified Medical Practitioners Act will be brought in for easing out the registration process of doctors.
"By creating more facilities and increasing the human resources, we are intending to provide the healt care at affordable rates," said health minister K K Shailaja after the cabinet meeting. The policy has been framed with short-term and long-term goals. Improving the facilities for quality healt care will be the prime focus. Under the Aardram Mission, already the government has initiated to make the healthcare more patient-friendly.
It has been decided to classify the health care providing centres based on the Indian Public Health Standard guidelines. This will create more referral centres in the state. The primary and secondary healthcare centres will be focusing on preventive and clinical care. The tertiary care sector will only function as referral centres.
For this, under the policy, it has been decided to bifurcate the health service sector. It will be divided into public health cadre and clinical services cadre. The two cadres will have separate directorates. The directorate of medical education will remain as the same. The doctors will be classified under these three cadres from now on.
The Clinical Establishment Act will ensure that private hospitals are providing quality treatment at most affordable rates. The policy also ensures that minimum wages are paid to the employees of the private hospitals. It will be made mandatory that all the hospitals display the rates of the treatment on public domain and the patients are not fleeced in the name of treatment.
Registration will be made mandatory for laboratories and imaging centres. The policy has also stressed the need for setting up factories which could manufacture medical devices and appliances in the state. A multidisciplinary pharmacy research centre will also be set up in the state. A Kerala Unified Medical Practitioners Act will be brought in for easing out the registration process of doctors.
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