PUBLIC HEARINGS ORGANIZED
9.1. The Commission
organized the first Public Hearing on the ‘Health facilities to the women
and children’ on the 13th May, 2005, at Mairang, West Khasi Hills
district with the financial support from the NCW.
The Public
Hearing recommended that imparting training to health volunteers, providing more
medicines and strengthening the primary and community health system are the
steps to be initiated immediately.
Sanitation is
one of the important aspects of living healthy life. Due to ignorance or
otherwise the people who do not adopt sanitation become victims of various
diseases. Holding of awareness camps at community level and village level is
the only and formidable task to over come this crisis and for achieving the goal
gradually.
Consumption of
tobacco, a cause for concern in the health sector also brings down the
productivity of users. More camps and awareness programmes are the need of the
hour to inculcate in the minds of the people about the menace.
The heinous crime of
sexual abuse seems to be flourishing on both women and children. The location
of the abuse in many cases is the home, neighborhood, work place, school,
hospital and such places where the woman and girl child are closely related and
knows the abuser. While the crime of sexual assault on child causes lasting
psychic damage to the child and as such it is essential to prevent sexual abuse
of children through stringent provisions.
Population control,
growth in literacy rates, higher levels of income, increased awareness, more
penetration of media are the few components for the growth of Health Care system
in sustaining the growth and development. Health care is essential for every
age group and for rich and poor.
Inadequate medical
facilities, staffing and scarcity of essential drugs and medicines faced in the
rural areas which is a critical issue. The major reason for such a situation is
probably due to paucity of funds as the modern medical facilities are costly and
unaffordable.
9.2. The Commission
organized the second Public Hearing on Health facilities to the Women and
children on the 22nd October, 2005 at Khliehriat, Jaintia Hills
district, with the financial assistance from NCW.
