Will ‘apolitical’ Rogi Kalyan Samitis weed out corruption? Jury’s still out

According to wellness officials, usually a curate oregon different nationalist typical of the ruling enactment was appointed the chairperson of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti with section councillors arsenic its members.

For instance, Trinamool Congress’ Serampore MLA Sudipta Roy was formerly the chairperson of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti astatine the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Roy was known to beryllium adjacent to past main Dr Sandip Ghosh, who was arrested by the CBI. Roy, who had replaced Santanu Sen, a erstwhile TMC Rajya Sabha MP, arsenic the caput of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti, is besides nether the CBI’s scanner and his location has been raided by cardinal agencies aggregate times recently.

“The mandate of Rogi Kalyan Samitis includes purchasing gathering materials related to the improvement of hospitals and this was the main crushed the ruling enactment leaders vied for their power to get immoderate committee from it,” said a elder doc of the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMC).

Aroop Biswas, a authorities furniture minister, was appointed the chairperson of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti astatine SSKM Hospital by replacing enactment MLA Madan Mitra.
The Rogi Kalyan Samitis were started nether the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) successful 2006 by the Central authorities to supply sustainable prime attraction with accountability and to guarantee people’s information successful the medication of aesculapian institutions.

“Internal powerfulness struggles became precise communal wrong galore of these samitis. Rival factions wrong the TMC often fought for the power of these committees, starring to further disruptions successful infirmary management,” said a doc astatine SSKM Hospital.

A conception of doctors successful the authorities wellness strategy believes that the caller determination to dissolve the existent rogi kalyan samitis is simply a important measurement towards addressing these issues. “To guarantee the RKS efficaciously serves patients and improves healthcare quality, reforms specified arsenic autarkic oversight, assemblage involvement, wide guidelines, transparency, and a absorption connected diligent payment should beryllium implemented. By implementing these reforms, the RKS tin go a much effectual and accountable assemblage that contributes to the betterment of healthcare services,” said a inferior doc of RG Kar infirmary connected information of anonymity.

“Rogi Kalyan Samitis successful the authorities person turned into an hold of governmental parties. They are headed by ruling enactment representatives who took decisions connected argumentation making, frankincense breeding corruption,” said Dr Manas Gumta, wide caput of the Association of Health Service Doctors.

However, questions are being raised whether apolitical rogi kalyan samitis volition really bring corruption down. A elder Health Department authoritative said, “The authorities is saying the main oregon superintendent of the infirmary volition beryllium the caput of the committee. At the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the main corruption allegation is against the past main (Sandip Ghosh) himself. So, it can’t beryllium said that the infirmary unit members are incorruptible and the person is ever down corruption. They request to guarantee that these committees travel antiauthoritarian process successful their functioning and determination should beryllium much checks and balances. Such cosmetic changes volition not trim corruption.”