CAG audit report finds acute shortage of doctors in Bihar

“In Bihar, against the projected colonisation of 12.49 crore (March, 2022), 1,24,919 doctors were required to fulfil the proposal of the World Health Organisation. However, lone 58,144 allopathic doctors were disposable successful the authorities (as of January 2022), which was 53 per cent little than the recommended norms of WHO and 32 per cent little than the nationalist average”, said the report.

In superior and secondary healthcare facilities of the state, 23,475 (61 per cent) and 18,909 posts (56 per cent) were lying vacant against the full sanctioned strength. “Similarly, 49 per cent and 82 per cent posts were lying vacant against sanctioned spot successful tertiary and AYUSH healthcare facilities, respectively. There was an wide shortage of 35,317 (60 per cent) against the sanctioned strength”, it said.

As acold arsenic humor banks are concerned, it said, “… the licences of humor banks are valid for 5 years. Further licenses whitethorn beryllium renewed aft a associated inspection by the cause inspectors and experts. Audit checked the grounds of six humor banks and observed that during inspections, captious shortage of instrumentality were observed hence their licenses were not renewed. However, acrophobic humor banks continued to run with specified captious shortages, without being successful possession of valid licences”.

The CAG study further said scrutiny of the acquisition orders information of the Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (BMSICL), a centralised bureau of the authorities authorities for procuring and managing drugs for each aesculapian institutions, revealed that from 2016-17 to 2021-22, supplies of the medicines were received with lone 35 per cent to 74 per cent of their support life.

“Further astir of the drugs, received with little than 75 per cent of their support life, were indigenous drugs. In definite cases drugs nearing expiry were not withdrawn by the BMSICL”, it said.

Physical verification of 25 ambulances showed that nary of the ambulances had required equipment/medicine/consumables. “The shortage ranged from 14 per cent to 100 per cent”, it said.