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Healthcare system in rural Guntur needs booster dose
- | Saturday | 21st July, 2018
Guntur: Healthcare services in government-managed hospitals in rural areas of the district are in a disarray because of severe shortage of medical officers. This is only resulting in miscarriage of public healthcare.”According to information, around 60-70% of deliveries in the district are being handled by private hospitals. Nearly 6,300 deliveries of the total 9,900 were handled by private hospitals during the current financial year. Private hospitals managed about 41,000 deliveries of the total 65,000 during 2017-18. The situation in the backward Palnadu region has turned from bad to worse as doctors are said to be refusing to join even after getting transfer orders from the government.
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