Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took top Health Department officials to task over slackness in achieving the objective of National Health Mission which is reflected in lack of specialised doctors and inadequate installation of MRI and dialysis machines in taluk and district hospitals.
Mr. Siddaramaiah, who pointed out such shortcomings at a review meeting of the Health Department, set a deadline of three months for setting right the anomalies.
“How is it possible to provide good health care to poor people if special services like MRI scanning and dialysis are not provided in taluk and district government hospitals?” he asked. “I will review the progress again in three months. The health officials will be held responsible if the situation does not improve by then,” he said.
