Functioning And Problems Of Primary Health Centers In Pandharpur Tahsil Of Solapur District

The study is intended to find how the primary Health Centers in the Pandharpur tahsil of solapur district are functioning and to reveal their problems and prospects. Functioning are concerning to visit of physician, required facilities, level of service delivery at PHCs etc. Cross-sectional, Observational study done in an all eight PHCs.A total of 35 medical and 50 Para-medical staff were interviewed with per tested questioners. For qualitative data, 100 beneficiaries were selected (100 men, 100 women).Group study and data analyzed by using statistical methods. This study is based on secondary data collected from Public Health department of solapur District as well as Primary source. The study found that non availability of essential facilities, ill- manned behavior of the staff, and absence of adequate man power, long hours wating,Absence of Doctors, on availability of medicine, No lady staff etc.are the some problems facing at PHCs in study area. Health is an essential input for the development of human resource and the quality of life. Disease free nation leads to high level of productivity of human being and so it is an important element can be attained by improving the health and nutritional status of the population. Hence that is necessary to concentrate to rural population. Present study gives an idea of real situation of Health Care service Delivery and helps to remove problems in Primary Health Center in Pandharpur tahsil of Solapur District and also helps to planners, Health scientists and research scholars. Further, this study has shown that there is a need of policy change regarding working style of PHCs.