Nuapada: The government has managed to deliver medical services under ‘Sampurna Yojana’ to the doorsteps of people living at an altitude of 3,000 feet in the Sunabeda sanctuary of Nuapada district.
Health services were a dream for the people of Sunabeda. With no other option, locals used to go for herbal treatment for all diseases.
Due to non-availability of healthcare services, the Collector took the initiative to ensure better delivery of medical services to people in the core areas of the sanctuary.
Now doctors, ANMs and other officers of the Health Department are providing medical services to locals at their doorsteps. Most villages here are covered under ‘Sampurna Yojana’ and people are getting healthcare services.
As per the instruction of Nuapada Community Health Centre in-charge Virendra Kumar Bag, a medical team visited Sosenga gram panchayat in the sanctuary under the supervision of Block Programme Manager Sheikh Wasim Raja and Public Health Officer Chandini Kisan. First of all they visited the villages of Bhaosil, Jhrlam, Siv Naryanpur and Rajkendupada.
The medical team started treatments in these villages without bothering about the summer heat and Maoists. They started their journey in the morning and covered every house of the village before evening.
After achieving the highest decline in the infant mortality rate than the national average, the Odisha Government recently launched ‘Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan (SAMPURNA)’ to increase institutional childbirths to reduce the infant mortality rate (IMR) and mother mortality rate (MMR) further.
Under this scheme, inaccessible areas, especially places where it is impossible for 102 and 108 ambulances to go, are given special preference.
Doctors and ANMs carrying medicines and required equipment visit each and every village in the sanctuary to provide medical services. They visited the houses of locals, checked their condition and gave them medicines.
The team identified around 13 newborns, 25 pregnant and lactating women and provided healthcare. The villagers were happy seeing the team of doctors.
“There was a time when people of our village died due to simple things like diarrhoea. Institutional healthcare was a dream for us. But now we are happy with the service provided by the government,” the villagers said.
Team members like LHB Pushpalata Nath, Kritika Chandrika were with the doctors’ team.
Team leader Sheikh Wasim told the media that on every third Thursday of the month the team will visit villages in the Sunabeda sanctuary.