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Regularise health centres on present plots, says BJP

Staff Reporter

"Master Plan amendment is proving detrimental to health services"

NEW DELHI: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Harsh Vardhan has demanded that all the nursing homes, private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres, medical laboratories and other health centres in the city be declared regularised on the plots where they are functional right now because these health services are the lifeline of the Capital.

In a statement on Wednesday, he said that by amending the Master Plan for Delhi-2001 the Government had provided relief to professionals and commercial activities to a great extent, but this amendment was proving to be detrimental to health services.

"If action is taken on the basis of these amendments then two-thirds of health services in Delhi would close down,'' he said, adding that "this will directly affect the lives of the people because doctors are needed by people all over the city."

Dr. Vardhan said as per the amendments to the Master Plan for Delhi-2001, the minimum plot size for running clinics, dispensaries and pathological labs is 50 square metres. Claiming that so much space was not required for examination of the patients, the BJP leader said as such the amendment was not practical.

A practising doctor himself, Dr. Vardhan pleaded the cause of his fraternity stating that there was no need for 200 square metre or bigger plots for running of nursing homes as the same can be run on a plot size of 50 square metres as well.

"Eighty per cent of the health services in Delhi are being provided in the private sector because the Government has not been able to provide public health services to all the people of Delhi," he said.

Stating that "at present more than 30,000 doctors are providing health services through their clinics to the people of Delhi", Dr. Vardhan warned that "if the new amendments are implemented then about 25,000 clinics and 15,000 nursing homes will have to be closed."

As people need medical services close to their home, the Delhi BJP president demanded that in public interest all the clinics be allowed to function as retail shops and the nursing homes also be allowed to operate irrespective of their plot size. Further, he added, commercial activities in the basement should also be allowed as long as they take place according to the health and environmental norms.

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