Muzaffarpur, May 22: National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has found several anomalies in implementation of health schemes initiated in the government hospitals, particularly at the primary health centres (PHCs).

The NRHM has raised finger on the “slow pace” of immunisation campaign and unavailability of cool chains in PHCs. It also found a plethora of irregularities in family planning and health schemes, launched at the village-level.

The two-member central team of the NRHM, which is on an inspection tour of the PHCs located in the rural pockets of Mushahri and Minapur blocks, has expressed displeasure over the style of functioning of the workers at the PHC level. The team’s five-day visit ended on Sunday.

Principal observer Vinay Bhushan Sinha led central team will furnish a detailed report about the ills and plagues afflicting the health system in the district, to the ministry of health and family planning, shortly. The inspecting team was shocked to find that the Janani Bal Suraksha Yojana has been poorly executed in the district and Asha workers were ill-trained. The NRHM team, during inspection of PHCs at Minapur, Mushahri, Kanti and Kudhani blocks, took strong exception of the family planning programmes being carried out by the voluntary organisation.

The team visited the slums and the villages and collected views on PHCs located in the villages. The NRHM team, while reviewing the functioning of the PHCs with the chief medical officer A.P. Singh, district immunisation officer Shiv Shankar Prasad Singh and the deputy chief medical officer J.P. Ranjan, directed officials to brace up and strengthen the immunisation programmes immediately.

Principal observer Vinay Bhushan Sinha stressed on the need of proper training to Auxiliary MidWife and Asha workers for better execution of the health schemes.

The team expressed annoyance to the health officials for not displaying the stock of medicines in the PHCs and asked them to adhere to the directive of the NRHM and display the stock immediately.

“Arrangements should be made so that patients and their attendants could know the availability of medicines in the PHCs,” an official said.

The NRHM team took strong note of the shortage of doctors and nurses in the PHCs and lack of accommodation and infrastructure.

Arjun Prasad Singh said: “The team assessed the shortcomings of the PHCs in particular and put forth a few suggestions to improve the functioning of the hospitals. The team would submit a report to the ministry of health and family planning.”