HELLO; RLY EMPLOYEES & PENSIONERS! NOW YOUR HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CABINET SECRETARIAT
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
Please find enclosed herewith a
copy of Vol II of the report prepared by Principal economic
advisor Ministry of Finance GOI on 'Rationalization of Government Bodies' under Railways Ministry.
2. It is requested to kindly
intimate the action taken on the recommendations there in on or before 5th
day of every month.
Niranjan.C.Chandrashekhar
Deputy Secy.
To Railway Board (Shri Suneet Sharma, Chairman & CEO) Cab. Sect. ID No. 551/2/4/2019-Cab.lll dated 08.09.2021
Rationalization of Government Bodies .
Proposal for Ministry of Railways
Sanjeev Sanyal
Principal Economic Adviser
August 2021
VOL II
Para 2 of the report.
2. Upgrading Railway Hospitals and digitalizing health Data
The Indian Railways runs 125 Hospitals and 586l Health Units/
policlinics
Health care is a sector where the
supply of medical facilities also decides its demands. Consequently, the market
clearing mechanism does not always work. Hence it is pertinent that the Government creates a public system of Healthcare that runs parallely along
with the private sector. Thus, it is necessary
to create an affordable and accessible emergency medicine and critical care
infrastructure across the Nation.
Consistent feedback is that the Railway Hospitals are under invested and do not have adequate facilities or manpower. Therefore, all hospitals under Railways needs investment. This would augment our existing public medical infrastructure. Moreover, these hospitals are located pan India including rural interior. This access can be utilized to improve healthcare especially in tier 3 cities & rural areas.
Thus, it is recommended that the Railway hospitals be upgraded through an institutional mechanism which
is more efficient in delivering health services and become open to general
public at large where appropriate, the
Public private partnership (PPP) model may be explored.
Health data of all railway
employees, pensioners and dependents of employees and pensioners should also be digitalized.
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