Overview
National Health Policy (NHP), 2017 was adopted to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritise the role of the Government in shaping health system in all its dimensions. Considering NHP 2017 and experience in COVID-19 pandemic, performance audit on “Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services” was conducted to assess the adequacy of financial resources allocated, availability of health infrastructure, manpower, machinery and equipment in the health institutions as well as efficacy in the management of health services in the State. The performance audit also covers the efficacy of the regulatory framework being enforced by the Government to regulate private health sector, schemes being implemented by Government of India through State Government and overall linkage with the Sustainable Development Goal-3. The audit was conducted for the period 2016-21 but wherever feasible, the data has been updated up to 2022-23 or later.
This Report consists of nine Chapters in which Chapter 1 covers the introduction, Health services, Overview of healthcare facilities in the State, Status of Health Indicators in the State, audit objective, audit criteria, Scope of Audit, Doctors’/patients’ Survey, Chapter 2 covers the audit findings related to Human Resources, Chapter 3 includes the audit findings related to Healthcare Services, Chapter 4 covers the audit findings related to Availability of Drugs, Medicines, Equipment and Other Consumables, Chapter 5 covers the audit findings related to Healthcare Infrastructure, Chapter 6 covers the audit findings related to Financial Management, Chapter 7 covers the audit findings related to Implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Chapter 8 covers the audit findings related to Adequacy and effectiveness of the regulatory mechanisms and Chapter 9 is on deficient emphasis Sustainable Development Goal – 3.