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MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
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PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Prior to the formation of the Zilla Parishad, the public health activities in the district were scattered under the control of various authorities such as the Civil Surgeon, Wardha, the janpad sabhas and the municipalities. Now the public health activities in the district are under the control of the State Government, the Zilla Parishad and the municipalities.
All matters excluding the K. E. M. General Hospital Wardha, Police Hospital, Wardha and municipal hospitals at Hinganghat and Pulgaon and municipal dispensaries at Deoli, Sindhi and Arvi and malaria and filaria control schemes are looked after by the Public Health Officer of the Zilla Parishad. Though he is responsible to the Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad, in technical matters, the advice of the Deputy Director of Public Health Services, Nagpur and the Director of Public Health, Pune, prevails.
In the State sector the department is headed by the Director of Public Health, Pune who is assisted by the Deputy Director of Public Health, Nagpur. The Civil Surgeon stationed at the district is responsible to the Director of Public Health, Pune, through the Deputy Director of Public Health, Nagpur. In what follows is given in brief the account of the hospitals in the district that he controls.
K. E. M. General Hospital, Wardha.
K. E. M. General Hospital, Wardha.—This is a Civil Hospital at Wardha with the sanctioned bed strength of 165 and daily average of indoor and outdoor patients of about 14.43 (1964) and 359.27 (1964), respectively. It has two sections viz., General Section and T. B. section besides Family Planning Centre, Anti Rabic Centre and B. C. G. Centre.
The information regarding the work done at this hospital during the
years from 1959 to 1964 is as under.
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Year | |
1959 |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 | |
Indoor Patients treated. |
3,217 |
3,912 |
4,309 |
5,197 |
5,223 |
6,268 | |
Outdoor Patients treated. |
51,397 |
56,436 |
56,039 |
17,436 |
65,209 |
57,614 | |
Operations: |
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Major |
-- |
2,620 |
-- |
2,334 |
6,385 |
5,585 | |
Minor |
T.B. Ward, Wardha.
The T. B. Clinic was started in 1961. The sanctioned observation bed
strength of the clinic is 40.
The T. B. Clinic functions as a centre of diagonosis for T. B. cases and for organising domiciliary service.
A team consisting of a Medical Officer, X-ray and laboratory technicians with a Health Visitor and the necessary ministerial staff looks after the ward.
Police Hospital, Wardha.
The Police Hospital, Wardha is in existence for a number of years.
Information regarding patients treated and operations performed during
the years from 1960 to 1964 is as under:
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Year |
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1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
Indoor Patients |
146 |
184 |
132 |
86 |
108 |
Outdoor Patients |
2,356 |
4,834 |
6,665 |
5,945 |
6,788 |
Operations: |
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Major |
57 |
22 |
104 |
67 |
83 |
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Minor |
Information regarding patients treated at dispensaries and hospitals in the districts during the years from 1959 to 1964 is as under: |
Name of the Hospital and dispensary |
Year | |
1959 |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 | |
1. K. E. M. General Hospital, Wardha. |
56,614 |
60,348 |
-- |
70,195 |
70,432 |
62,882 | |
2. Police Hospital Wardha. |
3,430 |
-- |
5,018 |
6,665 |
6,031 |
6,896 | |
3. Municipal Hospital, Hinganghat. |
34,678 |
-- |
50,151 |
42,851 |
43,524 |
41,761 |
Besides the health matters stated above, the Zilla Parishad looks after the work regarding leprosy survey, education and treatment units and the family planning centres on agency basis.
Medical Department
There are four hospitals and three dispensaries (Municipal dispensaries) under the control of the Civil Surgeon, Wardha. They are as under:—
Hospitals:
1. K. E. M. General Hospital, Wardha.
2. Police Hospital, Wardha.
3. Municipal Hospital, Hinganghat.
4. Municipal Hospital, Pulgaon.
Dispensaries:
1. Municipal Dispensary, Deoli.
2. Municipal Dispensary, Sindi.
3. Municipal Dispensary, Arvi.
The District Health Officer who leads the department in the district also works as the Secretary to the Health Committee of the Zilla Parishad. He is assisted by the Assistant Medical Officers, Sanitary Inspectors and Vaccinators.
The Zilla Parishad had in 1966-67, 8 primary health centres, 11 mandi health units, 13 maternity homes, one family planning main centre with 9 rural centres; 13 leprosy survey, education and treatment units; 12 vaccination centres, 19 allopathic dispensaries and 22 ayurvedic dispensaries under its control.
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