Vishal Jolly Requests Gynaecologist and Ultrasound Technician for Little Andaman Island

Tarun Karthick

Campbell Bay, 10 July 2023

Mr. Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Former State President of BJP-ANI, has written a letter to the Chief Secretary of the A&N Administration, Secretary (Health), and Director (Health), urging them to deal with the pressing want for a gynaecologist and ultrasound technician for Little Andaman Island.

In his letter, Mr. Jolly highlighted the Island’s inhabitants of roughly 30,000, which is served by solely two Primary Health Centres (PHCs) situated in R.K. Pur and Hut Bay. These PHCs, every staffed with two docs, present solely main healthcare amenities. Despite having an ultrasound machine on the Hut Bay PHC, the absence of a skilled technician renders the machine ineffective.

Mr. Jolly additional emphasised that the shortage of a gynaecologist on Little Andaman Island poses important challenges for pregnant girls who require specialised care. Currently, all pregnant girls on the Island are referred to G.B. Pant Hospital in Port Blair after reaching seven months of being pregnant, because of the unavailability of gynaecological companies and an ultrasound technician on the PHCs on Little Andaman.

Concluding his letter, Mr. Jolly urgently requested the intervention of the authorities to depute a gynaecologist on Little Andaman for at the very least three days a month. Additionally, he appealed for the everlasting deployment of an ultrasound technician to serve the bigger curiosity of the inhabitants on Little Andaman Island.

The name for rapid motion by Mr. Vishal Jolly underscores the urgent healthcare wants of the Island’s residents, significantly pregnant girls, who presently face important challenges in accessing important gynaecological companies. The intervention and deployment of a gynaecologist and ultrasound technician would significantly alleviate these considerations and make sure that the inhabitants of Little Andaman receives the important healthcare they deserve.