Govt considering to make rural service mandatory for medicos: Omar

He stressed on achieving maximum physical and financial targets under NRHM and asked the authorities to conduct a survey for grading districts on basis of achievements.

Abdullah also asked to conduct weekly review of all works under NRHM and to conduct a survey on Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) he said himself will conduct a quarterly review.

He also asked to make health workers more responsible for pre-natal,post-natal care and immunization by extending lucrative incentives.

The Centre would be approached for seeking flexibilities of criteria under various central sponsored schemes like Serve Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),NRHM and others,he said.

Abdullah said the Planning Commission of India is being approached to release at least 50 per cent of allocations under all centrally sponsored schemes in April of every year.

Speaking on the occasion,Minister for Health Sham Lal Sharma said the government is tightening the noose on private practice and mushrooming of private nursing homes.

He said medicos are being encouraged to serve in rural areas with revised incentives and health services are being created under NRHM to meet dearth of trained doctors.

It will be made mandatory that every doctor will have to serve for atleast 2-3 years in rural areas,he said.

Sharma also advocated for changing the nomenclature of Allopathic dispensaries (ADs) and Medical Aid centres (MACs) to Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub-centres.

This move,he said will facilitate funds for nearly 200 ADs and 346 MACs in the state under NRHM.