A Union health ministryreport said the Assam health department has been running with a shortfall of1,731 sub-centres and health and wellness centres in the rural areas and asizeable number of male health workers.
There is a shortfall of94 primary health centres (PHC) and HWC-PHCs (health and wellness centresupgraded from PHC) against the requirement of 1,040 and shortfall of 32community health centres against the requirement of 260.
These figures revealedin the latest report of the Union Health Ministry (Rural Health Statistics(2018-19) have punctured Dispur's tall claims of creating quality Healthcarefacilities and infrastructures even in the remotest corner of the State.
The report, RuralHealth Statistics (2018-19), talks about some positive aspects like increasingnumber of health centres and government buildings but says Assam continues tobe one of the states with poor health infrastructure.
It says rural Assam has3,080 male and 9,010 female health workers against the requirement of 4,643 ineach category.
According to thereport, there are only 56 dental surgeons in rural Assam against therequirement of 354. There is a shortfall of 572 specialists — 171 surgeons, 95obstetricians and gynaecologists, 171 physicians and 135 paediatricians —besides a shortfall of 87 radiographers.
