Government weakening health system: Andhra Pradesh HEU members
The Hindu
Employees are worried with the latest directives that every primary health centre should appoint only one person to replace the supervisors, said APPHEU district leader Noor Basha.
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Public Health Employees’ Union (APPHEU) at a meeting in Anantapur on Wednesday urged the State government not to weaken the health system in the name of rationalisation.
They discussed the feasibility of the Orders issued by the State Health Director to implement G.O. 143 and opined that rationalisation of the employees in the PHCs was contrary to the Kartar Singh model of primary health centres.
The model being implemented across the country does not work by reducing the number of existing staff, such as male supervisors, health extension officers, health educators, public health Nurse and community health officers, deputy paramedical officers.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.