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| NCD Cell Doda in need of contractual staff | | Headless cell run by single person since inception | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 18: The state health department has failed to appoint contractual staff for National Communicable Diseases (NCD) Cell Doda, as the cell is being run by a single contractual staffer, since it was established.
Moreover, at one hand health department claims that the NCD cell is envisaged for providing preventive, promotive, curative and supportive services up to Sub Health Centre but same has failed to provide sufficient staff according to operational guidelines.
Sources informed Early Times that in the year 2012 DHS Jammu has established NCD Cell in mountainous district Doda but astoundingly yet the health department has not provide sufficient staff and at present the cell was running single staff member.
"According to norms a district NCD cell should be supported by contractual staff including a District Programme Officer, a Programme Assistant, a Finance cum Logistics Officer and a Data Entry Operator but in district Doda only one staff member catering for years", sources said.
"The NCD Cell will be responsible for overall planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the different activities and achievement of physical and financial targets planned under the programme in the District", sources said, adding that the cell was functioning under the guidance of District programme Officer (DPO NCD) and would be supported by the identified officers/officials from the District health system.
The responsibilities to identified the district level health official (DPO) posts is Director Health Services but years of lapse to established cell in district Doda, department has failed to identified and fill the posts. The further said that the responsibilities of District Programme Officer is to preparation of District action plan for implementation of NPCDCS strategies, maintain and update district database of NCD diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke, conduct sub-district/ CHC level trainings for capacity building, engage contractual personnel sanctioned for various facilities in the district, maintain fund flow and submit Utilization Certificates, maintaining District level data on physical, financial, epidemiological progress, convergence with NRHM activities; and convergence with the other related departments in the District, ensure availability of palliative and rehabilitative services including oral morphine but without sufficient manpower how it is possible that a single staff members to handle all responsibility.
NPCDCS State Programme Officer Dr Baljit Singh Pathania said that due to non disbursement of their salaries most of the employees have left the job. "The government of India has released funds for the purpose, and most likely the appointments will be made shortly" he said. |
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