Facing resource constraints,Punjabgovernment is trying toimprove Health servicesby optimising use of available Resources through rationalisation. Lack of resources has become a major stumbling block for theAam Aadmi Party(AAP) government in fulfilling one of its key promises of improving health Services.
To overcome this challenge and increase efficiency, plans are being made to synchronise health resources available with the health and rural development and panchayats department.
By doing this, the government aims at overcoming shortage of doctors in the health department and lack of facilities in rural healthcare centres. To enhance the reach of health services, the government plans to open 600 primary health centres, which currently number around 400. Of these, 105 centres dont have doctors. As many as 560 doctors work in rural dispensaries which are functioning even without basic medicines for pain, cold, fever and allergy.