Karwar: Deputy Commissioner K Harish Kumar has opined that the phone-in programme organised by the Department of Information & Public Relations is helpful to know the problems being faced by the people of the district.
It will further lead to the overall development of the district, he added.
He noted this while speaking after inaugurating the 'Varta Spandana' a phone-in programme and interaction programme with media, organised by the Information & Public Relations Department, at Press Club in the City on Thursday.
He said, in the era of modern technology, traditional telephone calls have been the means of exchanging ground-level information. With such phone-in programmes, the officials will come across the problems of rural areas including illicit liquor trade, transportation, and unavailability of basic facilities, he added.
Based on the complaints registered during the phone-in programmes, the district and taluk administrations will initiate measures to solve the problems, he opined.
District Health & Family Welfare Department Officer (In-charge) Sharad Nayak said, the mobile health facilities will be continued in the remote villages of various taluks across the district including Yellapur.
He also said, there are plans to provide mobile health services in some of the remote villages in the district. The project will be implemented through a private agency. With the diagnosis of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) last year, the vaccination drive has been already launched in many parts and this year, one lakh vaccines to be administered, he informed.
There are complaints about the lack of road connectivity to the hospital on the hillock at Dodmane in Siddapur. Funds have been released from the Zilla Panchayat to take up road construction works. Along with this, health staff will also be appointed, he assured.
Over a question regarding quacks, he said, a special investigation team has been formed to prevent the menace of quacks. Measures will be taken to appoint the medical officers and staff in various hospitals across the district, he said.
More than 50 phone calls were received during the one-hour long phone-in programme, in which 15 expert doctors of various taluks attended the phone calls.
Health Department officials Ramesh Rao, Shankar Rao, Mahabaleshwar Hegde, Vinod Bhute, Satish Shet, Lalita Shetty, and District Information & Public Relations Officer Himanthraju were present.
DC faints during prog
Prior to the inauguration of phone-in programme, Deputy Commissioner K Harish Kumar fainted due to restlessness. However, the doctors who were present on the occasion provided him with the primary treatment, after which, he got consciousness.
Later, he inaugurated the programme, spoke for some time and left for a hospital for a check-up.