Contents
- The Public
Health Department
The Public Health Department
gets a wide range of scores ranging from 82% good for ‘immunisation’
to 44-50% poor for ‘control of pests’ and ‘stray cattle’.
| Services
of The Public Health Department |
Good
|
Poor |
Average
|
Don’t
know
|
| Immunisation |
82%
|
3%
|
10%
|
5%
|
| Registration
of births and deaths |
57%
|
7%
|
21%
|
15%
|
| Family planning
and welfare |
49%
|
10%
|
23%
|
18%
|
| Medical relief
through hospitals |
41%
|
17%
|
25%
|
17%
|
| Control of
communicable diseases eg. Cholera, TB etc.. |
41%
|
17%
|
25%
|
17%
|
| Ambulance
and hearse services |
36%
|
20%
|
23%
|
22%
|
| Food sanitation
& control of adulteration |
30%
|
28%
|
26%
|
16%
|
| Control stray
cattle |
25%
|
44%
|
22%
|
10%
|
| Insect/pest
control eg. Mosquitoes, rats etc.. |
24%
|
50%
|
23%
|
2%
|
While
most have a good opinion of the staff, almost a third of respondents
are unable to comment.
|
Staff
of the Public Health Department
|
Agree
|
Disagree
|
Neutral
|
Don’t
know
|
| Various functions
of the department are handled efficiently |
42%
|
14%
|
12%
|
27%
|
| Immediate
action is taken against complaints or emergencies |
40%
|
20%
|
11%
|
29%
|
| The staff
is very approachable and helpful |
41%
|
18%
|
11%
|
30%
|
Opinion about hospitals
The hospital
have been assessed on the basis of only those citizens who visited
them at least once. Of the 8 municipal hospitals on which opinions
were sought, K.E.M. and Kasturba Hospital emerge as the best hospitals
and Bhagwati and Rajawadi as the worst. Insufficient beds appear
to be a common problem shared by all hospitals. While evaluating
the hospitals, around 15% of the respondents could not hazard a
guess about services like ‘the number of beds in the hospital’ and
‘the quality of equipment’. The hospitals have been assessed
on the basis of only those citizens who have visited them.
Insufficient beds
appear to be a common problem shared by all hospitals. While
evaluating the hospitals, around 15% of the respondents were unable
to comment on services like the number of beds in the hospital'
and 'the quality of equipment'.
|
Hospital
|
Base
|
Medical
equipment of good quality good
|
The
quality of
medical
facilities available are good
|
Helpfulness
towards patients –of Doctors/ nurses/ wardboys
|
There
are sufficient number ofbeds in the hospitals
|
| K.E.M |
1051
|
72%
|
77%
|
72%
|
83%
|
| L.T.M |
536
|
69%
|
71%
|
67%
|
77%
|
| Nair |
510
|
69%
|
76%
|
70%
|
78%
|
| Rajawadi |
293
|
61%
|
71%
|
62%
|
66%
|
| Cooper |
235
|
69%
|
59%
|
57%
|
78%
|
| Bhabha |
223
|
69%
|
71%
|
67%
|
77%
|
| Bhagwati |
133
|
47%
|
58%
|
51%
|
50%
|
|
Kasturba
|
92
|
71%
|
82%
|
75%
|
64%
|
|
