The human rights team reached the government hospital and asked the patients, are you discriminated against?
Bhilai. The team of Human Rights Commission visited Primary Health Center Bhilai-3. In which they informed about the facilities available to leprosy patients and mental patients and the rights of people at various levels under the rules of human rights. Syed Aslam, BETO and Health Supervisor of Primary Health Center Bhilai-3, said that the team of Human Rights Commission’s special representative Dr. Pradipta Nayak, District Leprosy and Tuberculosis Officer Dr. Abhishek Srivastava, State Leprosy NMS Chittaranjan Shaha District Leprosy Coordinator Dr. Bhunesh Kosma and District Leprosy Supervisor CL Maitri discussed separately with Mitanin motivators, Mitanin Gan, hospital staff and identified leprosy patients in Primary Health Center Bhilai 3 and said that there should be no discrimination against leprosy patients and mental patients at any level.
Dr. Pradipta Nayak directed to provide facilities for them under the schemes of Central Government and State Government. He asked the leprosy patients whether there is any discrimination against them, whether medicines are available free of cost and on time, how do health workers and doctors behave with them, how do people in the society behave with them. Here, during a discussion with health workers and Mitanin motivators, he said that we will win and the government’s efforts to eradicate leprosy and mental illness will be fruitful. In this, doctors, paramedical staff, BE ETO and supervisor of the health department and hospital workers and field health staff ANM, Mitanin, rural health coordinator and coordinator have an important role. He said that all of you have been taught to identify mental patients. Now it is your responsibility to treat them with compassion and not let their rights be violated. Similarly, leprosy patients also need complete treatment with affection, love and cooperation.
He inspected the OPD registration, medicine staff, etc. of the Primary Health Center. Dr. Pradipta Nayak, who came from Delhi, was honored by presenting a shawl and coconut. He inspected the rangoli on leprosy made by Mitanin and the posters of Kanya U Ma Shala Bhilai 3 school students. District Leprosy Officer Dr Abhishek Srivastava said that good work has been done in the leprosy identification, treatment and diagnosis campaign in Durg district.
