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MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
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HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES
Under Local Sector.
The Public Health Department of the Zilla Parishad is headed by the Public Health Officer. In 1968 the Zilla Parishad had under its control eight allopathic dispensaries, which were formerly under different Janapad Sabhas. In the same year under the Zilla Parishad were 26 ayurvedic dispensaries and 15 vaccination establishments which were also formerly controlled by the Janapad Sabhas. Further, there were 17 Rural Medical Relief Centres, 17 Family Planning Centres with 51 sub-centres in rural areas, one sterilisation mobile family planning unit at Yeotmal proper, two mobile family planning units one each at Pandharkaoda and Digras and vasectomy camps. The Zilla Parishad also had under its management 13 leprosy survey, education and treatment centres, all in rural areas. The leprosy control unit at Darwha was in the State sector. The implementation of the national small-pox eradication scheme was also entrusted to the Zilla Parishad.
In 1967 there were four Government hospitals, one police hospital, four municipal dispensaries and one municipal maternity home under the control of the Civil Surgeon, Yeotmal. Of these, the District Hospital. Yeotmal, was the bigger hospital in the district. It had 70 beds and the indoor and outdoor attendance ranged between 125 and 160 and 300 and 375, respectively per day. It had a family planning centre also attached to it.
The T.B. Hospital, Yeotmal was established in 1962. In 1967
it had 50 beds. The hospital was attached to the District
Hospital and was functioning as a centre of diagnosis of T.B.
cases and for organizing domiciliary service. It had. however, no B. C. G. team but had a T.B. clinic with ten beds.
The Women's Hospital at Yeotmal had 80 beds and it treated all delivery cases.
The R. P. Uttrerwar Hospital, Umarkhed, established in 1960 had 36 beds in 1967.
The Police Hospital at Yeotmal having ten beds and managed by the District Superintendent of Police, Yeotmal. was under the technical supervision of the Civil Surgeon.
The following statement gives the information regarding the number of patients treated and the operations performed in these hospitals, from 1960 to 1964.
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(1) |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 | |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
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District Hospital,
Yeotmal— | | | | | |
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No. of Patients treated— | |
(1) Indoor |
1,694 |
1,938 |
2,427 |
3,044 |
3,917 |
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(2) Outdoor |
25,655 |
30,698 |
34,548 |
38,231 |
38,897 |
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No. of operations performed— | |
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(1) Major |
505 |
525 |
560 |
579 |
556 |
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(2) Minor |
1,835 |
1,950 |
2,022 |
3,038 |
3,143 |
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(2) T. B Hospital,
Yeotmal— |
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No. of patients treated— | |
(1) Indoor |
-- |
-- |
124 |
379 |
522 |
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(2) Outdoor |
-- |
-- |
612 |
2,322 |
2,450 |
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No. of operations performed |
-- |
-- |
151 |
651 |
678 |
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(3) Women's Hospital,
Yeotmal— | | | | | |
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No. of patients treated— | |
(1) Indoor |
3,395 |
3,450 |
3,489 |
4,466 |
5,105 |
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(2) Outdoor |
8,675 |
8,735 |
8,794 |
8,855 |
9,482 |
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No. of operations performed |
350 |
370 |
386 |
413 |
495 |
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(4) R P. Utterwar Hospital, Umarkhed— | | | | | |
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No. of patients treated — | | | | | |
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(1) Indoor |
595 |
602 |
650 |
725 |
774 |
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(2) Outdoor |
15,595 |
16,635 |
17,222 |
17,566 |
18,064 |
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No. of operations performed |
111 |
123 |
141 |
153 |
166 |
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(5) Police Hospital, Yeotmal— |
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No.
of patients treated— |
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(1) Indoor |
191 |
250 |
300 |
245 |
98 |
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(2) Outdoor |
8,973 |
10,545 |
11,203 |
9,797 |
10,862 |
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No. of operations performed |
101 |
131 |
146 |
129 |
85 |
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(6) Municipal Dispensary, Pusad— |
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No. of patients treated— |
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(1) Indoor |
601 |
693 |
765 |
862 |
924 |
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(2) Outdoor |
28,492 |
29,325 |
30,014 |
34,437 |
35.545 |
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No. of operations performed |
854 |
887 |
966 |
987 |
1,323 |
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(7) Municipal Dispensary, Digras— |
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No. of patients
treated— |
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(1) Indoor |
75 |
88 |
91 |
75 |
113 |
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(2) Outdoor |
20,995 |
21,877 |
22,701 |
22,056 |
22,852 |
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No. of operations performed |
250 |
321 |
350 |
402 |
453 |
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(8) Municipal Dispensary, Ghatanji— |
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No. of patients treated— |
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(1) Indoor |
35 |
78 |
-- |
135 |
254 |
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(2) Outdoor |
6,698 |
7,933 |
8,519 |
7,352 |
6,080 |
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No. of operations performed |
204 |
299 |
350 |
459 |
303 |
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(9) Municipal Dispensary, Wani— |
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No. of patients treated— |
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(1) Indoor |
310 |
353 |
349 |
383 |
437 |
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(2) Outdoor |
18,215 |
22,039 |
26,267 |
23,272 |
20,148 |
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No. of operations performed |
325 |
499 |
609 |
610 |
410 |
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(10) Maternity Home, Digras— |
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No. of patients treated— |
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(1) Indoor |
369 |
459 |
549 |
708 |
801 |
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(2) Outdoor |
3,595 |
3,603 |
3,741 |
5,196 |
6, 111 |
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No. of operations performed |
99 |
165 |
160 |
220 |
263 |
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