BENGALURU: Contemporary battle is brewing between the Congress govt in Karnataka and Centre, with the state well being and medical training departments deciding to shut down Jan Aushadhi shops in state govt hospitals. The Centre‘s Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi scheme supplies high quality generic medication at inexpensive charges for the general public.
Presently, these shops function at a restricted variety of govt amenities, together with KC Normal Hospital in Bengaluru, however well being division brass have indicated plans to shut them quickly.The choice might trigger extra friction between state and Centre, because it comes amid ongoing disputes over authority over HMT Ltd land, restore of the Tungabhadra dam crest gate and Karnataka’s share of devolution of taxes.
Karnataka BJP has already introduced plans to launch an agitation over the most recent determination. However Congress functionaries say govt hospitals present medicines free of charge and Jan Aushadhi shops on the premises would solely result in corruption. Nonetheless, officers emphasise govt will not be towards Jan Aushadhi shops outdoors hospital premises.
BJP state president BY Vijayendra criticised Congress govt’s motion saying, “The state govt’s transfer displays the hate politics of Congress. Earlier, it dropped the scheme launched by the BS Yediyurappa-led govt to supply an extra grant of Rs 4,000 to farmers below the Centre’s Kisan Samman Yojana. Now, it’s going all out to ban Jan Aushadhi shops meant for poor sufferers. We’ll struggle this.” Vijayendra mentioned some 20 lakh households profit from the Jan Aushadhi scheme. There are about 8,900 centres throughout the state.
The controversy erupted late on Tuesday when medical training minister Sharan Prakash Patil mentioned Jan Aushadhi shops are now not needed in govt-run hospitals, together with these below his division. He mentioned the 22 hospitals affiliated with medical schools and 11 govt tremendous speciality hospitals, apart from 158 hospitals at district and taluk-levels managed by the well being division, are adequate to cater to medical wants of the poor.
Presently, these shops function at a restricted variety of govt amenities, together with KC Normal Hospital in Bengaluru, however well being division brass have indicated plans to shut them quickly.The choice might trigger extra friction between state and Centre, because it comes amid ongoing disputes over authority over HMT Ltd land, restore of the Tungabhadra dam crest gate and Karnataka’s share of devolution of taxes.
Karnataka BJP has already introduced plans to launch an agitation over the most recent determination. However Congress functionaries say govt hospitals present medicines free of charge and Jan Aushadhi shops on the premises would solely result in corruption. Nonetheless, officers emphasise govt will not be towards Jan Aushadhi shops outdoors hospital premises.
BJP state president BY Vijayendra criticised Congress govt’s motion saying, “The state govt’s transfer displays the hate politics of Congress. Earlier, it dropped the scheme launched by the BS Yediyurappa-led govt to supply an extra grant of Rs 4,000 to farmers below the Centre’s Kisan Samman Yojana. Now, it’s going all out to ban Jan Aushadhi shops meant for poor sufferers. We’ll struggle this.” Vijayendra mentioned some 20 lakh households profit from the Jan Aushadhi scheme. There are about 8,900 centres throughout the state.
The controversy erupted late on Tuesday when medical training minister Sharan Prakash Patil mentioned Jan Aushadhi shops are now not needed in govt-run hospitals, together with these below his division. He mentioned the 22 hospitals affiliated with medical schools and 11 govt tremendous speciality hospitals, apart from 158 hospitals at district and taluk-levels managed by the well being division, are adequate to cater to medical wants of the poor.
