Probe finds irregularities in AAP’s mohalla clinics

The Delhi government’s vigilance report on the Aam Aadmi Party administration’s flagship mohalla clinics project submitted to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has found major irregularities in the functioning of all 160 neighbourhood health centres. The revelation comes a day after 45 AAP MLAs protested at the L-G office against “pending” files related to the scheme. The report has highlighted violation of guidelines for hiring doctors and fixing rents of the centres, started by Delhi’s ruling party to take diagnostics and treatment of simple ailments to people’s doorstep.

The report was also submitted to the Delhi Health Minister’s Secretary on August 29, requesting Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s attention. Questions sent to Jain by DNA remained unanswered.

The vigilance department probed complaints which stated that doctors are treating 533 patients in just four hours a day. “The laid down procedures, transparent and competitive process were not followed while hiring some of the facilities, services and manpower.

All relevant details of patients are not being logged in for proper records,” the report said.

The data of patients is monitored by Wish Foundation which had also spotted irregularities in these clinics. Doctors were found making multiple entries for many patients to jack up numbers they “have attended” to. …read more