Performance Audit of Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services in Telangana (2016-2022)

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02-08-2024
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The Report contains significant results of the Performance Audit on Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services in Telangana State, covering the period 2016-17 to 2021-22. The Performance Audit was carried out with a view to assess the adequacy of funding for health care, the availability and management of healthcare infrastructure and the availability of Drugs, Medicine, Equipment and other consumables. The Performance Audit also sought to examine the availability of necessary Human Resources at all levels, e.g., Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics etc., the implementation of various schemes of the Government of India including the assistance/grants/equipment received by the States and the State spending on Health and improvement of wellbeing conditions of people as per Sustainable Development Goal 3. Audit was conducted covering the period from 2016-17 to 2021-22 through a test-check of records in the Offices of the Secretary, Department of Health, Medical & Family Welfare; Managing Director, Telangana State Medical Services & Infrastructure Development Corporation; Commissioner, HM&FW and Mission Director, National Health Mission; Director of Public Health (DOPH); Director of Medical Education (DME); Commmissioner, Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, Director of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy; District Hospitals (DHs) in the State; other test checked healthcare facilities included Sub Centres (SCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), Area Hospitals (AHs), Super Specialty Hospitals. Audit also covered Central Medicine Stores (CMSs); Hospitals of AYUSH; Pharmacies; Dispensaries and Government Medical Colleges with attached Teaching Hospitals in the test checked three Districts of Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar and Warangal. A Patients’ Survey, a Doctors’ Survey and a Joint Physical Verification of Health Institutions were undertaken during the course of the audit.

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