Rushikesh Patel interview: ‘Pained by death of pregnant woman carried on cloth to ambulance’

I americium pained by the incident. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel instantly gave instructions to physique a roadworthy there. The Health Department is going to question details of each specified places wherever 108 (ambulance services) cannot beryllium accessed, and a reappraisal volition beryllium done.  We are besides going to instruct the ASHA workers to ore much connected large women successful specified regions and to get them admitted astatine adjacent Mamata Ghar (government-appointed residential abstraction for women successful afloat term) oregon a authorities infirmary earlier immoderate days of the delivery.

In the existent year, the authorities authorities has framed a argumentation for organization deliveries successful cases of high-risk pregnancies.  And for that, large women are being fixed an assistance of Rs 12,000 and the ASHA idiosyncratic is being paid Rs 3,000. If a large pistillate is admitted to Mamata Ghar oregon adjacent wellness centre earlier an exigency arises, specified a concern tin beryllium prevented.

The Gujarat authorities precocious tweaked the brownfield aesculapian colleges policy. What was the need?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants 1 aesculapian assemblage successful each territory of the country. Here, Narendrabhai had already begun the efforts and founded the GMERS (Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society). Right now, 13 aesculapian colleges are functional nether the GMERS.

However, to grow it further brownfield aesculapian colleges was introduced. Under the brownfield policy, it was compulsory for the authorities to supply 300 beds (to the privately tally hospital)…We person changed a information (in the policy) truthful that accidental a spot oregon an NGO has a 250-bed capableness hospital, it volition person to conscionable the 300-bed capableness (on its own), arsenic per the norms of National Medical Commission.

There was nary installation of Rogi Kalyan Samiti (Patient Welfare Committees) successful brownfield aesculapian colleges. That has been taken attraction of. And immoderate claims nether Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) travel (to these hospitals), 25% of those volition beryllium proceeded to the Rogi Kalyan Samiti. These 2 important conditions person been modified.

Your authorities said it volition see making it mandatory for youths to instrumentality consent of their parents earlier they wed a idiosyncratic of their choice. What is the advancement connected that?

No. Right now, nary specified substance has been taken up for consideration. Our Constitution has fixed the state to an big to marque decisions of his/her beingness and career…So constitutionally, I find it a small hard (to bring astir specified a rule). As per the law, aft a definite age, a idiosyncratic tin instrumentality decisions of his beingness and nary 1 other tin person close implicit it. There is nary process that the authorities has initiated, seeking the ineligible department’s sentiment implicit the issue.

You person publically expressed a presumption that educators should inculcate specified values among instrumentality students that they bash not instrumentality up cases of radical progressive successful violent activities. Does a idiosyncratic not person a close to support himself?

I bash judge that lawyers should not travel guardant for cases of immoderate radical who indulge successful despicable and anti-national activities. Terrorism, especially, is astir making the instauration of a state weak. It is the work of the nine that specified radical bash not get immoderate enactment and lawyers are portion of the society.

Does that not mean that you are proving a idiosyncratic blameworthy adjacent earlier trial?

No, it does not mean that…A idiosyncratic is not blameworthy till the tribunal pronounces him guilty…There is nary objection if the lawyer takes up the lawsuit aft going done its merit. So, what I person said is that (it should beryllium done) connected the ground of the merits of the case. Because, a lawyer gets to recognize what happened aft helium takes a look astatine the case. A lawyer tin cognize the truthfulness of a client.

After GIFT City, is the authorities reasoning of extending the relaxation of liquor prohibition instrumentality to places similar Surat Diamond Bourse amid a demand?

No, it is not nether consideration.

With respect to occurrence incidents successful hospitals, government-appointed commissions person repeatedly recommended for aesculapian and acquisition premises to not beryllium permitted to tally successful illegally constructed premises which are regularised by outgo of interaction fee. Why is the authorities not implementing the recommendations?

The authorities studies the recommendations of the Commission and takes decisions connected implementing maximum (recommendations) portion considering however galore of them are practically possible; (so that) radical bash not look hardships and the Commission’s study (recommendations) is besides implemented.

We are forming Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for hospitals, swimming pools, crippled zones etc. and we bash marque modifications to the SOP from clip to clip arsenic we get suggestions.

On the ground of the occurrence incidents that happened successful the past 2 years, the authorities has made occurrence NOC compulsory for places wherever the crippled zones oregon specified places are situated oregon nationalist places wherever chances of occurrence and casualties are more.

There person not been galore takers for method acquisition successful the parent connection (Gujarati), particularly successful engineering colleges. Is determination reconsideration connected that?

When agleam students from Gujarati-medium schools participate the archetypal twelvemonth (of engineering oregon method colleges), they look a batch of difficulties…

And therefore, we are preparing the syllabus (in parent lingua Gujarati).  We are going to bash that successful the aesculapian tract arsenic well. We are going to bash the aforesaid successful method (education) close upto 4th year.

The past Assembly league passed a instrumentality for preventing and ‘eradicating’ quality sacrifice,  achromatic magic, and truthful on.  What are the reasons?

In immoderate places, determination is simply a immense quality betwixt content and unsighted belief, and religion and unsighted faith. While 1 tin person content successful one’s religion, but erstwhile successful the sanction of content it changes to unsighted content and determination are sacrifices, declaring radical arsenic witches… This instrumentality is for everyone.

Has immoderate lawsuit been made retired nether the caller law?

No, truthful far, nary specified lawsuit has travel to (my) notice.

In the past league of Assembly, determination was nary Question Hour for starred questions.  Why did the authorities not summon the league successful clip to alteration treatment connected starred questions?

But we did person precedence questions (those asked connected abbreviated announcement during the session)…This time, owed to dense rains, officials and the full medication was engaged controlling the rainfall situation…When a question is asked successful the Assembly, the full strategy – close from the apical serviceman till the lowest authoritative – get engaged successful collecting accusation to springiness a response. The precedence this clip was to guarantee that farmers and communal radical bash not look difficulties which kept the medication busy…This time, we received 140% rainfall (compared to a mean monsoon). So, owed to dense rainfall which was supra normal, we kept the league controlled. It was not intentional, but lone due to the fact that of the circumstances.

Why has the authorities not taken a determination connected livestreaming  the Assembly proceedings?

It is nether consideration. Discussions are connected astir pros and cons (of unrecorded streaming).

After the Patidar agitation, galore community-based organisations are seeking authorities assistance successful grooming their youths to get into civilian services. How bash you spot this trend?

It is to springiness encouragement to the students (to get into civilian services)…Every assemblage remains acrophobic astir the acquisition and employment of their youths and so, they people explicit their sentiments.