Tarun Karthick
Port Blair, 26 July 2023
The residents of Great Nicobar Islands have been going through immense hardship as a result of lack of ultrasound amenities on the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Campbell Bay since 2019. In a heartfelt attraction to the Secretary of Health Services, A&N Administration, the Pradhan of Govind Nagar Panchayat, G Venkat Rao, introduced consideration to the dire scenario and urged for quick motion to handle the urgent concern.
The absence of an ultrasound facility in Campbell Bay has compelled sufferers to journey all the way in which to Port Blair to avail the mandatory companies. This ordeal is especially difficult for pregnant ladies who are sometimes referred to Port Blair after the essential five-month mark of their pregnancies. For many of those ladies, discovering reasonably priced boarding amenities within the distant metropolis is a significant concern.
Elderly people within the area additionally bear the brunt of this deficiency, as they wrestle to entry the important medical service regionally. The scenario has been ongoing for a substantial interval, regardless of earlier representations to the authorities, together with a plea to the Chief Secretary throughout his go to to the world in February 2023.
In his letter, G Venkat Rao, the Pradhan of Govind Nagar Gram Panchayat, emphasised that the demand for an ultrasound facility in Campbell Bay is a real and long-standing concern of the residents. The lack of consideration from the administration has solely exacerbated the hardships confronted by the folks of Great Nicobar Islands.
In gentle of the urgency of the matter, the Pradhan has earnestly requested the Secretary of Health Services to intervene and expedite the institution of an ultrasound facility at PHC, Campbell Bay earlier than sixteenth August 2023. He emphasised that failure to satisfy this real demand might result in a protest strike by the folks of Govind Nagar Panchayat ranging from sixteenth August 2023.
The plea from the Pradhan echoes the emotions of all the neighborhood in Great Nicobar Islands, who’re hopeful that the authorities will take immediate motion to alleviate their struggling and supply important healthcare companies inside their attain.
As the deadline approaches, the residents anxiously await the response from the administration, hoping that their real considerations will lastly be addressed, and the much-needed ultrasound facility will turn out to be a actuality on the Campbell Bay PHC.
