Divesting public health from BBMP ill-conceived administrative fix ; govt draws criticism
Karnataka government s recent proposal to relieve Bengaluru s civic body, BBMP, of public health duties was met with strong criticism.
Bengaluru becoming hotbed of Covid
Karnataka is reeling under the weight of the deadly second wave of COVID-19, which forced state-wide lockdown. Bengaluru is the biggest contributor to the daily COVID tally in the state, and new measures were taken to help ease the prevailing situation.
Taking a cue from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) s success in tackling the second wave of Covid, Karnataka issued directives last week to set up Ward Decentralised Triage and Emergency Response (DETER) Committees for Covid management in all 198 wards in Bengaluru based on the Mumbai model. But it appears the state government is mulling over making a U-turn on its decentralising plans.
BBMP may be relieved of healthcare duties in Bengaluru
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AAA With Benglauru in the middle of a ferocious second wave of COVID-19, the State government has proposed that the civic body be stripped of its duties in fighting the pandemic and they be handed over to a parastatal the Bengaluru Health Directorate constituted under the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan, who also heads the State COVID-19 task force, announced the proposal on Saturday. A committee will look into the technicalities and submit a report when the task force meets next. “Healthcare in the city has been found wanting during the pandemic. We propose to build a 100-bed hi-tech hospital in every Assembly segment and a super-speciality hospital for every four Assembly segments. There are many agencies carrying out public health functions in the city. The new directorate will bring them all under one umbrella,” said Mr. Narayan