PHCs without doctors of no use: High Court

Madurai: Dec 11, 2010

Establishing primary health centres (PHCs) in rural pockets and classifying them as 24- hour maternity hospitals will be of no use unless the government makes sure that doctors/medical officers are available there to attend to emergencies, the Madras High Court has said. Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar made the observation while directing the Director of Primary Health Services to pay compensation of Rs.5 lakh to a brick kiln labourer, whose wife died due to absence of a doctor to treat her at the Saptoor PHC near here after she was delivered of a baby girl on January 1.

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