The Telangana state government is contemplating plans to scrap the Vidya Vidhana Parishad (VVP) and is planning to bring all hospitals under one umbrella in the state. Vidya Vidhana Parishad was established in the year 1986 in the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh.
The VVP was mainly aimed at dealing with the middle level hospitals of bed strengths ranging from 30 to 350. primary health centres and medical college hospitals do not come under its jurisdiction. There were 1,965 doctors, 4,219 nurses and 2,510 paramedical staff presently working under this organization. There were 228 hospitals under its control in both TS and AP with total bed strength of 15,208. They include 20 district hospitals, 56 area hospitals, 117 community health centres, 10 speciality hospitals and 25 civil dispensaries.
Soon after formation of Telangana on 2nd June 2014, Telangana Vidya Vidhana Praishad (TGVVP) was established. Until recently the body was taking care of posting of the doctors and the other staff in these hospitals will be carried through the TGVVP. District hospitals and area hospitals of the Telangana also fall under the category of TGVVP. Under this 103 area level hospitals, 8 district level hospitals, 233 ayurvedic and 260 Unani hospitals are spread over state.
As the Telangana government is not happy with the functioning of VVP, it has decided to scrap the body and form a new body under which the government is planning to bring all hospitals under one umbrella.
According to sources in health department, the main reason for scrapping the VVP is its ineffectiveness of administration and rampant corruption among the officials. Having learned about the ineffective functioning of VVP, chief minister of Telangana Chandrashekar Rao has decided to scrap the VVP and in place the government is contemplating to form another body to bring all the hospitals under one roof.
Expressing concern over the untidiness and lack of cleanliness in the major hospital like Osmania General Hospital and Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, the CM pulled up the director of health and medical education and asked why action has not been taken against the contractor and maintain the hospital premises.
Moreover, the absenteeism of doctors and professors in the medical colleges was also taken seriously. While asking the health secretary to ensure the doctors and professors work full time, the CM had also ordered to fill all the vacant positions of faculty in the medical colleges in the state.