GANDHINAGAR: To improve Gujarat’s performance on the Human Development Index (HDI) count, the state government has decided to adopt the successful public health model of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and some best practices from Karnataka.At the recent three-day Chintan Shibir, a detailed presentation was made on the Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra public health models.The state government decided to adopt best practices in these states to improve HDI of state which has remained poor due to poor health services to the people.J P Gupta, principal secretary, health & family welfare department (public health) & commissioner health said, “At the Chintan Shibir, one of the key focus areas was challenges in improving the public health services. Our main area of concern is lack of manpower. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and at a some extent Karnataka have better public health models, so we have decided to replicated these models in Gujarat too.”“Tamil Nadu has Medical Recruitment Board which recruits doctors. We may adopt the pattern to suit our needs. Our biggest problem is non-availability of doctors. We have been able to improve public health infrastructure and now our focus is recruiting staff to provide good public health services,” added Gupta.