 Kaithal
was made a district in1989 including
some part of Kurukshetra & Jind
district. In 2011, Civil Hospital, Kaithal
was upgraded to Newly Indira Gandhi
Multi Speciality Hospital Kaithal which
was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief
Minister Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda .
Now there are 6 CHC, 16- PHC and 143
Sub Centre is in Distt. Kaithal.
The new building of 100 bedded hospital
has been constructed over an area
of around 15.5 acres. The hospital
is providing 24 hour emergency services,
operation Theatre, Laboratory services,
X-ray, ECG facilities, Ultra sound,
Blood bank, 102 Referral Transport,
Generator facilities with the following
Health services :-
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Free
caesarian services to the high
risk referred pregnant women |
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OPD &
Indoor services by specialist
Doctors e.g in Orthopedician,
Ophthalmologist, Surgeon, Dental
Surgeon, Gynecologist, Physician,
Psychiatrist etc. |
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Surgical package |
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Immunization
& Family welfare services
including tubectomy vasectomy
& Lepro. |
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For TB patients-
free DOTS treatment |
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For Leprosy
patients – free treatment |
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For school
health children – IBSY yojna
– free checkup & treatment
to children suffering from any
ailments |
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102 Ambulance
services to pregnant women, BPL,
accident & for Eye donation. |
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Free HIV
checkup for pregnant women &
STD patients in ICTC & STD
Centers |
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Janani Suraksha
Yojna (upto 2 living children
for BPL & SCs) |
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700 Rupees
to pregnant women delivered in
Rural Hospital |
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600 Rupees
to pregnant women delivered in
Urban Hospital |
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For home delivery
500 is given |
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1500 Rupees
for SC pregnant women |
There is a team of 42 Doctors (including
7 specialists doctors), 2 Orthopedic
Surgeons, 1 Anesthetist, 1 Medical
Specialist, 1 Gynaecologist, 1 Pediatrician,
1 Chest & TB Specialist, 8 Casualty
Medical Officers with 64 staff Nurses
to provide round the clock emergency
services |
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NRHM (National Rural Health Mission)
 The
National Rural Health Mission seeks
to provide accessible, affordable
and quality healthcare to the rural
population, especially the vulnerable
sections.
Family
Welfare Programme
National Family Welfare Programme
was launched with the objective of
"reducing the birth rate to the
extent necessary to stabilize the
population ata level consistent with
the requirement of the National economy.
"The Family Welfare Programme
is recognized as a priority area,
and is
being implemented in Kaithal District.
As per Constitution of India, Family
Planning is in the Concurrent list.
The approach under the programme during
the First and Second Five Year Plans
was mainly "Clinical" under
which facilities for provision of
services were created. However, on
the basis of data brought out by the
1961 census, clinical approach adopted
in the first two plans was replaced
by "Extension and Education Approach"
which envisaged expansion of services
facilities along with spread of message
of small family norm.
Janani
Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a
safe motherhood interventionunder
the National Rural Health Mission
(NRHM) being implemented with the
objective of reducing maternal and
neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional
delivery among the poor pregnant women.
The Yojana, integrates cash assistance
with delivery and post-delivery care.
The success of the scheme would be
determined by the increase in institutional
delivery among the poor families.
Each beneficiary registered under
this Yojana should have a JSY card
along with a MCH card. ASHA/AWW/ any
other identified link worker under
the overall supervision of the ANM
and the MO, PHC mandatorily prepares
a micro-birth plan. The Yojana has
identified ASHA, the accredited social
health activist as an effective link
between the Government and the poor
pregnant women.
RCH
Phase II
The second phase of RCH program i.e.
RCH – II has been commenced
from 1st April, 2005. The main objective
of the program is to bring about a
change in mainly three critical health
indicators i.e. reducing total fertility
rate, infant mortality rate and maternal
mortality rate with a view to realizing
the outcomes envisioned in the Millennium
Development Goals, the National Population
Policy 2000, and the Tenth Plan Document,
the National Health Policy 2002 and
Vision 2020 India. Salient features
of
RCH - II Program :
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Adoption
of Sector vide approach which
effectively extends the program
reach beyond RCH to the entire
Family Welfare sector. |
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Building State
ownership by involving in development
of the program. |
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Decentralization
through development of District
and State level need based plans. |
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lexible programming
with a view to moving away from
prescriptive scheme based micro
planning and instead allowing
States to develop need based work
plans with freedom to decide upon
program inputs. |
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Capacity building
at the District, state and the
Central level to ensure improved
program implementation. In particular,
the emphasis being on strengthening
financial management systems and
monitoring and evaluation capabilities
at different levels. |
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Adoption of
the logical frame works as a program
management tour to support and
outcome driven approach. |
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Performance
based funding to ensure adherence
to program objectives, reward
good performance and support weak
performers through enhance technical
performance. |
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Pool financing
by the development partners to
simplify and rationalized the
process of assessing external
assistance. |
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Convergence,
both inter sectoral as well as
intra sectoral to optimize utilization
of resource as well as infra structural
facilities. |
NVBDCP (National Vector Borne
Disease Control Program)
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District
Malaria Office is the key unit
for planning and monitoring of
Programme under a technical officer. |
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The Primary
Health Centres are the basic units
at the rural area for delivery
of primary health care in an integrated
manner. Further, at the peripheral
level, there are Sub-centres which
are the village level health institutions
for delivery of primary health
care. For referral services, there
are Community Health Centres functioning
in the district as the first reformal
contact in rural areas. |
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Passive surveillance
for malaria is carried out by
Primary Health Centres (PHCs),
Community Health Centres (CHC)
and General Hospital. Active surveillance
is carried out by Health workers
through fortnightly unit. |
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Under NVBDCP
the surveillance of vector borne
diseases like Malaria, Dengue,
Filariasis, Japanese Encephalitis,
Chikungunya is being done. |
IDSP
Integrated Disease Surveillance Project
(IDSP) was launched in November 2004.
It is a decentralized, State based
Surveillance
Program. It is intended to detect
early warning signals of impending
outbreaks and help initiate an effective
response in a timely manner. Major
components of the project are :
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Integrating
and decentralization of surveillance
activities; |
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Strengthening
of public health laboratories; |
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Human Resource
Development – Training of
State Surveillance Officers, District
Surveillance Officers, Rapid Response
Team, other medical and paramedical
staff; and |
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Use of Information
Technology for collection, collation,
compilation, analysis and dissemination
of data |
For Project implementation, Surveillance
Units have been set up at District
level. A 24X7 call center with toll
free telephone no 1075 accessible
from BSNL/MTNL telephone from all
states is in operation since February
2008. This receives disease alerts
from anywhere in the country and diverges
the information to the respective
District Surveillance Units for verification
and initiating appropriate actions
wherever required.
Under IDSP, data is collected on
a weekly (Monday–Sunday) basis.The
information is collected on three
specified reporting formats, namely
“S” (suspected cases),
“P” (presumptive cases)
and “L” (Laboratory confirmed
cases) filled by Health Workers, Clinician
and Clinical Laboratory staff. The
weekly data gives the time trends.
Whenever there is a rising trend of
illnesses in any area, it is investigated
by the Medical Officers/Rapid Response
Teams (RRT) to diagnose and control
the outbreak. Data analysis and action
are being undertaken by Kaithal district
RNTCP
The programme’s focus is on
ensuring expansion of quality DOTS
services to the entire district. The
components which are incorporated
in the second phase of RNTCP are:
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Pursue
quality DOTS expansion and enhancement,
by improving the case finding
are cure through an effective
patient-centred approach to reach
all patients, especially the poor. |
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Address
TB-HIV, MDR-TB and other challenges,
by scaling up TBHIV joint activities,
DOTS Plus, and other relevant
approaches. |
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Contribute
to health system strengthening,
by collaborating with other health
programmes and general services |
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Involve
all health care providers,
public, nongovernmental and private,
by scaling up approaches based
on a public-private mix (PPM),
to ensure adherence to the International
Standards of TB care. |
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Engage
people with TB, and affected communities
to demand, and contribute to effective
care. This will involve scaling-up
of community TB care; creating
demand thorugh context-specific
advocacy, communication and social
mobilization. |
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Enable
and promote research for
the development of new drugs,
diagnostic and vaccines. Operational
Research will also be needed to
improve programme performance. |
The Revised National TB Control Programme
now aims to widen the scope for providing
standardized, good quality treatment
and diagnostic services to all TB
patients in a patient-friendly environment,
in which ever health care facility
they seek treatment from. Recognizing
the need to reach to every TB patient
in the country, the programme has
made special provisions to reach marginalized
sections of the society, including
creating demand for services through
specific advocacy, communication and
social mobilization activities.
NLEP
(National Leprosy Eradication Program)
Leprosy is a chronic infectious
disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae.
It usually affects the skin and peripheral
nerves, but has a wide range of clinical
manifestations. Leprosy is a leading
cause of permanent physical disability.
Timely diagnosis and treatment of
cases, before nerve damage has occurred,
is the most effective way of preventing
disability due to leprosy.
The National Leprosy Eradication
Programme is being continued with
Govt. of India funds from January
2005 onwards. Additional support for
the programme is continued to be received
from the WHO and ILEP organizations.
MDT is to be supplied free of cost
as of now through WHO. |
by
the Health department.
