Department of Health Research is planning to set up at least 10 Model Rural Health Research Units (MRHRU) to enable the end users in the rural areas to get benefits of specialized healthcare systems which are now available only for the urban population.
The expenditure finance committee has recently given approval to the long pending proposal which was initially planned for the 11th Five Year Plan and the target is to set up at least ten units by the end of this financial year, sources said.
“There is a wide gap between the available specialized health care technology and the technology being developed vis-a-vis their utilisation in the State health systems. This is particularly true for rural health settings. It is generally felt that technology application needs specialized infrastructure and can be done only in urban settings. In order to develop models for transfer of such technology to the end care users, the Department has planned to establish model rural health research units in all the States,” according to the proposal.
The original plan is to set up at least 50 units -- one in smaller States and more than one in larger States - so that technology transfer and the research targeting health interventions will be done in partnership with the States.
This was one of the five new schemes that the Department was planning to launch during the last five year plan period. But due to the lack of approval, none of them could be initiated. This also led to a massive financial under performance against the approved outlay for the department.
The long delay in the approval of the project has also come in for sharp criticism by the Parliamentary standing committee on health. “The Committee has been exhorting the Department to pay focused attention for completing all pre-project formalities and obtaining necessary approvals on time so that the budgeted funds are not locked up for want of approvals and surrendered later. The Committee is, however, constrained to note that little attention seems to have been paid to its advice in this regard which has resulted in persistent and substantial under-utilisation of budgeted funds,” it said.
“The first year of the 12th Plan Period has already elapsed and the current year is the 2nd year of the 12th Plan. The Committee notes that the EFC approval for the three new Schemes were accorded, albeit belatedly. Two of the five new schemes have not been approved as yet. The Committee, therefore, recommends to the Department to make more rigorous efforts and pro-actively pursue approval of the remaining two schemes with the agencies concerned,” a recent report by the panel said.
Source:Pharmabiz
The expenditure finance committee has recently given approval to the long pending proposal which was initially planned for the 11th Five Year Plan and the target is to set up at least ten units by the end of this financial year, sources said.
“There is a wide gap between the available specialized health care technology and the technology being developed vis-a-vis their utilisation in the State health systems. This is particularly true for rural health settings. It is generally felt that technology application needs specialized infrastructure and can be done only in urban settings. In order to develop models for transfer of such technology to the end care users, the Department has planned to establish model rural health research units in all the States,” according to the proposal.
The original plan is to set up at least 50 units -- one in smaller States and more than one in larger States - so that technology transfer and the research targeting health interventions will be done in partnership with the States.
This was one of the five new schemes that the Department was planning to launch during the last five year plan period. But due to the lack of approval, none of them could be initiated. This also led to a massive financial under performance against the approved outlay for the department.
The long delay in the approval of the project has also come in for sharp criticism by the Parliamentary standing committee on health. “The Committee has been exhorting the Department to pay focused attention for completing all pre-project formalities and obtaining necessary approvals on time so that the budgeted funds are not locked up for want of approvals and surrendered later. The Committee is, however, constrained to note that little attention seems to have been paid to its advice in this regard which has resulted in persistent and substantial under-utilisation of budgeted funds,” it said.
“The first year of the 12th Plan Period has already elapsed and the current year is the 2nd year of the 12th Plan. The Committee notes that the EFC approval for the three new Schemes were accorded, albeit belatedly. Two of the five new schemes have not been approved as yet. The Committee, therefore, recommends to the Department to make more rigorous efforts and pro-actively pursue approval of the remaining two schemes with the agencies concerned,” a recent report by the panel said.
Source:Pharmabiz
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