XI Five Year Plan 2007-2012 - Public Health & Family Welfare ...

that AYUSH systems of medicine which include Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy
are popular and acceptable to people, mainstreaming this system in the health care
delivery could contribute better synergy and utilization of AYUSH practitioners in the
State. The AYUSH systems of medicine and its practices are well accepted by the
community, particularly, in rural areas.
Presently, there are 194 AYUSH Hospitals and dispensaries existing in the rural
areas of the State. These include 8 hospitals and 186 AYUSH dispensaries. For
mainstreaming of AYUSH in NRHM, the personnel of AYUSH shall work under the
same roof of the Health Infrastructure, i.e., PHC, CHC. However, separate space
would be allocated exclusively for them in the same building. The Doctors under the
Systems of AYUSH are required to practice as per the terms & conditions laid down
for them by the appropriate Regulatory Authorities.
7. Support to Rogi Kalyan Samitis for community management of hospitals and
annual maintenance of the facilities
Madhya Pradesh is one of the pioneering states where hospital management
societies (Rogi Kalyan Samitis) were established and operationalized at all health
institutions up to the level of primary health centres. The National Rural Health
Mission guidelines provide a corpus grant for hospital management societies. It is
proposed that a sum of Rs. 5 Lakhs per district hospital, Rs.1 lakh each per Civil
Hospital, CHC and PHC will be provided as an incentive formation and
operationalisation of hospital management societies. It is envisaged that the hospital
management societies will promote social audit for provision of quality health
services and will contribute to creation of a fund at the facility level through levy of
user charges on the services available at the institution.
8. Mobile Medical Units
NRHM guidelines propose that one Mobile Medical Unit will be provided in
each district to improve outreach of services. The state had been using mobile
medical services to increase the reach of medical and health services to
inaccessible areas and disadvantaged population groups. The state launched
a scheme called Jeewan Jyoti Yojana in 1988-89 with the assistance from