‘Public services neglected’: CJP’s new campaign to check facilities at public hospitals

CJP
fou de
Abhijeet
Dipke
speaks
to
the
media
alo gside
CJP
chief
spokespe so
Sau av
Das
a d
atio al
spokespe so
Ashutosh
Ra ka
(ANI)

NEW
DELHI:
The
Cock oach
Ja ata
Pa ty
(CJP)
o
Satu day
a ou ced
its
pla s
to
lau ch
a
statewide
campaig
to
assess
the
co ditio
of
public
hospitals
i
Maha asht a.
The
o ga isatio ‘s
fou de ,
Abhijeet
Dipke,
alleged
that
patie ts
a e
fo ced
to
e du e
lo g
delays
a d
poo
facilities
i
gove me t- u
healthca e
i stitutio s.The
a ou ceme t
came
as
the
pa ty
expa ded
its
b oade
push
to
sc uti ise
public
welfa e
i f ast uctu e
afte
lau chi g
its
“School
Thik
Ka o”
campaig ,
which
seeks
to
audit
basic
ame ities
i
gove me t
schools
ac oss
Maha asht a
a d
eve tually
atio wide.Add essi g
epo te s
du i g
a
visit
to
his
ative
village
i
Hi goli
dist ict,
Dipke
said
the
CJP
would
ow
focus
o
healthca e
facilities
i
public
hospitals.“We
a e
goi g
to
aise
health- elated
issues.
Whe
we
visit
public
hospitals,
we
see
people
sleepi g
o
the
floo .
People
have
to
wait
fo
su ge ies.
Fo
a
CT
sca ,
the
wait
exte ds
to
o e
week,”
he
alleged.Dipke
said
the
p oposed
campaig
would
exami e
the
co ditio
of
gove me t
hospitals
a d
docume t
deficie cies
i
i f ast uctu e
a d
access
to
t eatme t.
He
fu the
a gued
that
esse tial
public
se vices
have
bee
eglected.

The
hospital
i itiative
follows
the
lau ch
of
the
CJP’s
“School
Thik
Ka o”
campaig ,
u de
which
pa ty
wo ke s
a e
collecti g
data
o
basic
facilities
i
gove me t
schools,
i cludi g
d i ki g
wate ,
toilets,
be ches,
wi dows
a d
ove all
i f ast uctu e.
Dipke
has
epeatedly
a gued
that
the
gove me t
must
imp ove
public
i stitutio s
that
se ve
o di a y
citize s,
pa ticula ly
stude ts
a d
patie ts.

He
said
the
pa ty
believes
that
public
well-bei g
facilities,
i cludi g
schools
a d
hospitals,
equi e
g eate
accou tability
a d
bette
utilisatio
of
gove me t
fu ds.Du i g
the
school
campaig
lau ch,
Dipke
had
questio ed
why
basic
ame ities
emai ed
u available
i
ma y
gove me t
schools
despite
decades
of
public
spe di g,
a d
accused
successive
gove me ts
of
eglecti g
state- u
i stitutio s.
He
has
also
alleged
that
poo
i f ast uctu e
i
public
facilities
disp opo tio ately
affects
child e
a d
low-i come
families.The
CJP
co ve o
said
the
hospital
campaig
would
simila ly
highlight
issues
faced
by
patie ts
who
depe d
o
gove me t
healthca e,
i cludi g
ove c owdi g,
delays
i
su ge ies
a d
diag ostic
tests,
a d
i adequate
i f ast uctu e.The
pa ty
has
said
it
i te ds
to
use
fi di gs
f om
both
campaig s
to
p ess
gove me ts
fo
imp oveme ts
i
public
educatio
a d
healthca e
i f ast uctu e
ac oss
Maha asht a.