State has the worst patient-doctor ratio and most number of centres without electricity, water supply or good roads
New Delhi: Facing a shortfall of 2,277 doctors — against the required strength of 3,621 — and with 942 primary health centres (PHCs) working without electricity, regular water supply and all-weather motorable approach road, Uttar Pradesh’s PHCs have the worst patient:doctor ratio and infrastructure in the country to cater to the poorest patients.
This according to a reply given by the Union Health Ministry in the Lok Sabha, earlier this week, on the question of shortage of doctors in PHCs and the state of infrastructure.
The other States that have shown poor PHC ratings — the backbone of the health delivery system — include Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka and Bihar as per the Rural Health Statistics-2018, quoted by the Ministry.
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