New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who also oversees the Finance department, will present the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on ‘Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services’ in the Delhi Assembly on Friday. The report is set to highlight the current state of health services in the capital and is expected to bring to light key discrepancies between government claims and the actual situation on the ground.
According to sources, the report will focus on the status of government hospitals and health services in Delhi for 2024. This will be the second CAG report to be presented in the Assembly.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already criticised the Delhi government, alleging a severe lack of facilities in government hospitals, with patients struggling to receive proper treatment and essential medicines often unavailable.
Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh said, “The previous government was making big claims about health services, but the reality is something else. Everything will be revealed in the CAG report.”
The CAG report will also address ongoing concerns regarding the previous government’s Mohalla Clinic scheme, which has faced criticism for shortages of doctors, unavailability of medicines, and inadequate patient care. It will review the performance of Mohalla clinics, government hospitals, and other health facilities under the Delhi government.
The CAG report will see how much difference there is between the claims made by the previous Aam Aadmi Party government and the ground reality.
The availability of machines in government hospitals, supply of medicines, number of doctors and nurses and facilities provided to patients will be assessed.
The report may also reveal whether the budget allocated by the Delhi government in the health sector was spent properly or not. During 2022-23 and 2023-24, the government had made big claims for the health sector, but did the patients really get the benefit of it? Information on this will also be given in the report.
Earlier, on Tuesday, CM Rekha Gupta had tabled the CAG report on the Delhi Excise Policy.
The ‘Performance Audit on Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi’ covers a period of four years from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and examines the regulation and supply of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and Foreign Liquor in Delhi.
The Delhi Assembly session has been extended by two days till March 1. IANS