डॉ. महेंद्र मोहन गुजर
मु. पो. ओणी
ता. राजापूर, जि. रत्नागिरी
आरोग्य अभियानातून स्वच्छतेचा संदेश; निरोगी गांव, निर्मल गाव हाच उद्देश
आरोग्य म्हणजे नुसते शरीराचे आजार व त्यावरील वैध्यकीय उपाय नव्हेत. आरोग्याकडे सर्व दृष्टीने पाहिले पाहिजे. म्हणजे लक्षात येईल आरोग्याचा विचार हा सर्वांगीण झाला पाहिजे. मुळात सद्यस्थित लांजा-राजापूर मधील शासकीय रुग्णालयीन सुविधा अपुऱ्या आहेत हे खरय. त्या सक्षमपणे येथील जनतेला मिळाव्यात यासाठी “मुचकुंदी परिसर विकास संघ” फार उत्तमप्रकारे काम करीत आहे. सरकारी आरोग्यसेवेचा लाभ घेताना येथील जनतेची गैरसोय होत आहेच. त्यावर रडत न बसता एकविचाराने, एकजुटीने अव्यवस्थेवर आवाज उठविणे गरजेचे आहे. शासन, प्रशासन यांना गैरसोयी निदर्शांत आणून देणे आपला अधिकार आहे. आरोग्य ही मुलभूत गरज आहे. त्यामुळे समाजातील दुर्बळ घटकांपर्यंत या सेवेचा लाभ घेता. कारण हा आपल्या सर्वांचाच हक्क आहे आणि तो आपल्याला मिळवलाच पाहिजे. आरोग्य सेवेअंतर्गत
मुलभूत गरजा जर मिळत नसेल तर ती जनतेच्या हक्काची पायमल्लीच.
आरोग्य सुविधांवर बोलताना आपल्या लक्षात येईल की, छोट्या छोट्या रोगाचे निदान करावयाचे असेल तरीही येथील लोक खाजगी दवाखाने गाठतात. बहुधा याची अनेक कारणे असू शकतात. वैद्यकीय कर्मचारी यांच्या निवस्थानाची योग्य सोय नसल्याने ग्रामीण ठिकाणी काम करण्यास थोडी नाराजी आणि त्यामुळे सहसा ग्रामीण भागाकडे वळत नाहीत. अपुऱ्या मनुष्यबळामुळे वैद्यकीय कर्मचारी यांच्यावर आधीच ताण असतो. अपुऱ्या साधनसामुग्री व मनुष्यअभावी सरकारी रुग्णालयात दिरंगाई किंवा तसे मार्गदर्शनही मिळत नाही. सध्यस्थितीत आवश्यक यंत्रणे आणि वैद्यकीय तज्ञ यांची रिक्त जागा भरणे आवश्यक आहे. यासाठी शासनाने जिल्हा रुग्णालायासोबत तालुक्याच्या आरोग्य केंद्राकडे विशेष लक्ष्य घालून सेवा सक्षमपणे राबविण्यासाठी प्रयत्नशील असावेत. पण आज मात्र फार संकुचित पद्धतीने या प्रश्नांकडे पाहिले जाते. माझ्या गावात सरकारी दवाखाना (PHC) उपकेंद्र अगदीच नाहीतर आशा कार्यकर्त्या आहेत आणि आम्हाला वेळेवर लसीकरण केले तसेच गरजेला औषधे दिली म्हणजे झाले अशी मनाची समजूत आहे. हे फार वाईट आहे.
मित्रहो, आरोग्य सुविधांकरिता विचारमंथन करत असतना प्रथम आपण ग्रामपातळीवर प्राथमिक पद्धतींचा अवलंब करून आपण स्वतःचे आरोग्य सदृढ ठेवण्यात यशस्वी होऊ.
i) आरोग्य पाणी, ii) शुद्ध पाणी आणि iii) आरोग्याबद्दलची अंधश्रद्धा.
स्वतःचे आरोग्य जपणूक करणे हे देखील आपले आद्य कर्त्यव्य आहे. सार्वजनिक आरोग्य, जलविषयक आरोग्य, सामुदायिक आरोग्य या बाबी बघणे तितकेच गरजेचे आहे. त्याला आपल्या ग्रामपंचायतीपासून सुरुवात करणे महत्वाचे आहे. त्यासाठी प्रथम ग्रामपंचायतीचे आरोग्य म्हणजे काय तर सदस्य सुज्ञानी असणे आवश्यक आहे. त्यांना आपल्या गावातील आरोग्यासाठी आवश्यक काय गोष्टी करता येतील याची जाणीव असणे महत्वाचे आहे. त्यासाठी स्वताच्या घरापासून सुरुवात करावी लागेल. घरात पुरेसा उजेड, घर परसवन स्वच्छ असणे, सांडपाण्याची योग्य व्यवस्था इत्यादी गोष्टी करता येतील. यात घरातील व भोवतालच्या केर कचऱ्याचे व्यवस्थापन करणे आवश्यक आहे. अशाप्रकारे सदस्यांनी स्वतःचा आदर्श निर्माण करावा. त्यानुसार गावातील सर्व घरांचे नियोजन व अंमलबजवाणी होणे फार गरजेचे आहे. आरोग्य अभियान राबवून ग्रामपंचायत पिण्याच्या पाण्याचे योग्य व्यवस्थापन, जलस्रोत, सार्वजनिक व खाजगी जलपाण्याची स्वच्छता जपणूक करू शकते. तसे विचार मनात आणले पाहिजे. वेळोवेळी निर्जंतुकीकरण करणे, नेहमी पाणी तपासणी करणे. सर्व ग्रामस्थांना १२ महिने पुरेसा पाणीपुरवठा करणे जेणेकरून वैयक्तिक आरोग्याची काळजी घेतली जावू शकते. शालेय आरोग्यावर विध्यार्थी कर्मचारी यांचे आरोग्य व १००% लसीकरण याबाबत जागृत असणे. यावर ग्रामपंचायत आपल्या गावातील लोकांची काळजी घेऊ शकते. सार्वजनिक पाण्याच्या ठिकाणी अस्वच्छता किंवा आरोग्याला अपायकारक द्रव्य मिसळत असेल तर त्यावर बंधने घालावीत. अशाप्रकारे आपण मुळातच रोग जडण्यापासून स्वत:ला पर्यायाने गावाला निरोगी बनवू शकतो.
यासोबत ग्रामस्थांचे वेळोवेळी आरोग्य विषयावर प्रबोधन करणे महिला मंडळ तसेच बचत गट यांच्या आरोग्यविषयक जागृती करणे.. आढावा घेत राहणे. या प्राथमिक गोष्टी ग्रामीण स्तरावर केल्यास गावातील ५०% तरी आरोग्य हे सुधारण्यास सहकार्य होऊ शकेल. याच सामाजिक बांधिलकीने संस्थेच्या या लढ्यात सहभागी व्हा! एकसघ व्हा! विकासाची उंची गाठा!
Reading this gave me a small mental break from the heavier reading I had been doing, and a stop at blog44view extended that lighter feel, content that provides relief without becoming trivial is harder to produce than people realise and this site has clearly figured out how to be light without being shallow at all.
Loved the writing voice here, friendly without being fake and confident without being arrogant, and a stop at reportraven carried the same tone forward, the kind of personality that makes a reader feel welcome rather than lectured at which is a balance plenty of writers struggle to find no matter how long they have been at it.
Now adding this to a list of sites I want to see flourish, and a stop at designdrift reinforced that wish, the few sites I actively root for are sites that produce the kind of work I want more of in the world and this one has joined that small list based on what I have read so far.
Skipped a meeting reminder to finish the post, and a stop at networknectar held me past another reminder, when content beats meetings the writer is doing something extraordinary because meetings have institutional support behind them and yet good writing can still occasionally win that competition for attention which I find heartening today.
Started reading and ended an hour later without realising the time had passed, and a look at dieseldock produced the same time dilation effect, when content makes time feel different the writer has achieved something well beyond the average and this site is producing that experience for me reliably across multiple readings.
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Skipped the related links section thinking I had read enough and then came back to it later when curiosity got the better of me, and a stop at jacketjunction confirmed I should have just read it first, every section of this site appears to deserve careful attention rather than skipping past lazily.
Genuinely changed how I think about a small piece of the topic, which does not happen often online, and a look at appreap added another nudge in the same direction, the kind of writing that earns a small mental shift rather than just confirming what you already thought before reading is a sign of careful thought.
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Pleasant surprise, the post delivered more than the headline promised, and a stop at captainscloset continued that pattern of under promising and over delivering, the rarest combination on the modern web where most content does the opposite by promising the world and delivering thin recycled summaries instead each time you click on something interesting.
A piece that built up gradually rather than front loading its main points, and a look at techthimble maintained the same gradual structure, content that trusts the reader to reach conclusions through accumulating reasoning is more persuasive than content that announces conclusions and then defends them and this site uses the persuasive approach.
Liked the balance between depth and brevity, never too shallow and never too long, and a stop at couriercorner kept the same balance going across the rest of the site, this is one of the harder skills in writing and the team here clearly has it figured out very well indeed across every page.
Reading this in the morning set a good tone for the day, and a quick visit to aussiealley kept that good tone going, content can do that sometimes when it hits the right notes and finding sites that consistently strike that tone is something I have learned to recognise and reward with regular visits.
Closed the post with a small satisfied sigh, and a stop at crawlclarity produced the same gentle exhale, content that ends well is content that respects the rhythm of reading and the writers here have clearly thought about how their pieces close rather than just trailing off when they run out of things to say.
Reading this in a quiet hour and finding it suited the quiet, and a stop at flarion extended the quiet reading mood, content that matches its own optimal reading conditions rather than fighting them is content that has been thoughtfully calibrated and this site reads as having a particular reading mood in mind throughout.
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A handful of memorable phrases from this one I will probably use later, and a look at opencartopia added a couple more, content that contributes language to my own communication rather than just facts is content with a different kind of utility and this site is providing that linguistic utility consistently across what I read.
Felt like the post had been edited rather than just drafted and published, and a stop at facelessfactory suggested the same care across the site, the difference between edited and unedited content is enormous for the reader and this site has clearly invested in the editing pass that most blogs skip entirely which really does show up.
However selective I am about new bookmarks this one made it past my filter, and a look at elmemporium confirmed the bookmark was worth the slot, the precious slots in my permanent bookmark folder are difficult to earn and this site earned one without making me think twice about whether the slot was justified by the quality.