The medical clinics which have been operating for a year now were never approved by LG
The fate of 'Mohalla' clinics in neighborhoods treating thousands every day is in jeopardy as the file related to the scheme which has been functional for a year was never sent to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung for his approval. The bureaucratic procedures could create a hindrance in the running of mohalla clinics in residential areas. AAP government's plan to take its flagship project to government schools has now been turned down by the LG.
Currently, there are 107 mohalla clinics already operating in the national capital, treating almost 2500 patients on a daily basis. Mohalla clinics are run by the Delhi government and are aimed at providing free primary healthcare to all. The Delhi government plans to construct over 1000 mohalla clinics by 2017. As per government data more than 14 lakh people have been treated at the mohalla clinics so far. However, sources in the LG office added that mohalla clinics may be under radar, as the file concerning the clinics were never sent to the LG office. "There has been no objection so far to the wider mohalla clinic policy. In fact, the file pertaining to the wider policy was never even sent to the LG's office," said the officer.
Mohalla clinics were a part of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) manifesto during the Vidhan Sabha elections. The Delhi cabinet had recently, approved the Health Department's proposal to set-up more mohalla clinics in Delhi. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had then directed the Health Minister to convene a meeting of all other ministers for identification of land available with departments of Delhi government where new mohalla clinics can be set-up without any difficulty. Senior officials in the Delhi government said that proposal of the clinics in school files was turned down and sent back to the government for re-assessment. "The Delhi School Education Act doesn't allow establishing anything else in school premises, also adding that operating in the premises would raise a safety concern for the students," said an official.
The official added that tweaking the existing education policy to make way for the mohalla clinics, would also invite the private schools to replicate the move in their premises. "If we allow mohalla clinics in government schools we wont be able to stop private schools from establishing private clinics within their school premises. This would further lead to problems," said an official. The official added that, "The file has been sent back to make some changes. After corrections are made, the government can send the file to the LG's office," said an official from LG's office.
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