14 May ‘2024, Himachal Pradesh– People will not be deprived of health services in the state on June 1, i.e. the day of voting. Health institutions will remain open in the state on this day.
In Himachal Pradesh, people will not be deprived of health services on June 1, i.e. the day of voting. Health institutions will remain open in the state on this day. This is happening for the first time that instructions have been issued to keep health institutions open on the day of voting. With this decision, there will be no need to wander for treatment in case of emergency.
After the issuance of the notification, staff are being deployed to keep all the health institutions open on the day of voting and doctors are also being put on duty. The special thing is that not only big hospitals but also sub-centres and primary health centers will remain open. Staff will be deployed here also. If people coming to polling centers face any health related problem, they can be immediately taken to the nearby health centers. Earlier, on the day of voting, only regional hospitals and community health centers provided emergency treatment facilities.
This time it has been asked to keep sub-centres and primary health centers also open. CHC is far away from the place where polling stations are set up. Keeping all this in view, the Election Commission has taken the decision.
Mapping of health sub-centres and PHCs adjacent to the polling booths has also been done so that in case of emergency, the patient can be immediately taken to the hospital. Chief Medical Officer of Solan, Dr. Rajan Uppal said that health institutions will remain open on the day of voting. Health institutions will also remain open until voting takes place. This is being done on the instructions of the Election Commission. The personnel on duty will vote through ballot paper.
In case of any problem while voting, facility of voting through ballot paper will be available in the nearest hospital.
All employees performing emergency duty in hospitals will vote through ballot paper. Employees on duty will fill their form and send it to the Assistant Election Officer through the Block Medical Officer. After this they will get the facility of voting through ballot paper.