Senior Health Official Highlights Challenges in Implementing Health Care Act

A senior health official sheds light on the challenges faced in implementing the Health Care Act, citing reasons such as lack of effective enforcement and resource constraints. Discover the complexities of ensuring health care initiatives at ground level.

“This is not about a lack of power in the Act, but due to a lack of effective implementation and enforcement at the ground level. There are multiple reasons for that,” a senior health official, on condition of anonymity, said. The DM&HO’s office has broad provisions and responsibilities, including ensuring the effective implementation of health care initiatives of the State and Central Government. “In the real world, the district health authorities are spread thin because of limited resources and a lot of responsibilities, in addition to implementing the Act,” senior officials said.