members of the health team
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When Ram or anybody from his village falls ill, they want immediate help to get better.
So they seek health care from services that are close to their house.
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Traditional healers
Unlicensed practitioners
Pharmacy shop
Some services that are close to their house
What does an ASHA do ?
• ASHA should advice Leela about healthy food and encourage her to go for routine antenatal checkups.
• She should accompany Leela to the health facility during these checkups.
• As the delivery date comes near, she should sit with Ram’s family and prepare an action plan as to where Leela should deliver.
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While the ASHA can advice Leela on care during pregnancy, she does not have the knowledge, skills and experience to conduct the delivery.
So for the delivery, Leelahas to go to a higher centrewhere deliveries can be conducted.
Health Sub Centre (HSC)
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It Covers 3,000-5,000 Population (3-5 Villages)
To address this problem, the government has built HSC, at the gram panchayat with an ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife)
Functions of the Health sub centre (HSC)
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She conducts deliveries,
immunizes children
and gives medicines for
minor illnesses.
ANMBut, cannot conduct
complicated delivery
Resources at a PHC
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PHC
5-6 bedsOutpatient
facilitiesLabour Room
Laboratory facilities
Drug store
Medical officer & Team
• Eg clean drinking water for children
Promotes health and keeps people healthy
(promotive health care)
• Eg immunization of children
Prevents people from falling sick
(preventive health care)
• Eg treatment of diarrhea
Cures diseases of people when it happens
(curative health care)
Functions of a PHC
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CHC
Those available at PHC
30 BedsSpecialist
serviceOperation
theatre X ray
Blood storage unit
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Facilities at a CHC
The health team at the CHC are responsible for providing
Conducting caesarian section
Conducting surgeries
Looking after sick newborns and children
Seeing referral patients
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Facilities at a DH
DH
100-500 beds
X ray, laboratory facilities and blood bank (24/7)
Specialities – psychiatry, dermatology, burns unit etc
Operation theatre and labour room
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• Cases that cannot be handled at the CHC and are thus referred to DH
• Complicated surgeries/ fractures
• Complicated caesarian sections
• Management of very sick neonates
Specialized health care
Education and training of health staff
The health team at the DH are responsible for providing :
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This is about our government health services. What about private health sector and informal health sector?
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Private hospitals
City
District level
Block level
Gram panchayat
Panchayat
village
About 50% of Indians use the private health sector to procure health care
private nursing homes
Private hospitals
private nursing homes
private nursing homes
,
Unqualified practitioner
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