A current report by the Comptroller and Auditor Basic (CAG) on the efficiency audit of Public Well being Infrastructure and Administration of Well being Companies in Telangana revealed a decline in Telangana’s total Sustainable Improvement Aim (SDG) rating, dropping from ninth in 2018 to eleventh in 2021-22. Particularly, the State’s rating and rating in SDG-3, which focuses on good well being and wellbeing, fell from third place in 2013 to nineteenth in 2020-21.
The CAG report has unveiled quite a few shortcomings and irregularities throughout the State’s well being division. This complete audit, which spans the interval from 2016-17 to 2021-22, highlighted essential areas of concern. On the optimistic entrance, it famous an enchancment within the State’s efficiency rating from 61 in 2018 to 69 in 2020-21.
The Fastened Day Well being Companies (FDHS) programme, supposed to offer complete healthcare to rural communities, was discovered to be inadequately reaching the agricultural poor. Moreover, there have been notable deficiencies in drug availability. For example, of the 530 gadgets required per the Important Medicines Listing (EML) of 2015, solely 396, 336, and 266 gadgets had been procured throughout 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively. Equally, of the 338 gadgets required per the EML listing of 2019, solely 209 and 197 gadgets had been procured throughout 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively.
The report additionally recognized a major shortfall in healthcare infrastructure. In accordance with the 2011 Census, there must be 35,004 beds accessible for the inhabitants. Nonetheless, authorities hospitals solely had 27,996 beds, leading to a scarcity of seven,008 beds. This scarcity was noticed in all districts besides Adilabad, Hyderabad and Hanumakonda.
One main concern highlighted was the numerous disparity between the sanctioned posts and precise staffing ranges in healthcare. As of March 2022, the best emptiness charges had been reported within the Directorate of Medical Training (56%), adopted by the Institute of Preventive Drugs (54%), the Division of AYUSH (51%), Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (43%), the Directorate of Public Well being (40%), the Commissioner of Well being and Household Welfare (35%) and the Medication Management Affiliation (34%).