By Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, APRIL
28
In a bid to strengthen the health care network across the
state to provide 24X7 Comprehensive Medical Services including Emergency,
Deliveries and Trauma services for every patient within a radius of 10 kms, the
Punjab Government has selected 22 district hospitals, 41 Sub-Divisional
Hospitals & 37 Community Health Centers (CHCs) well equipped with the
latest medical and diagnostic facilities
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief
Minister’s office informed that the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh
Badal approved a plan of Rs. 102 crore to accomplish the remaining works in
this regard within next three months. He was presiding over a high level
meeting of the Health and Medical Education & Research departments here at
his official residence late last evening in which Health & Family Welfare Minister
Mr. Madan Mohan Mittal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Navjot Kaur Sidhu,
Advisor on Health & Medical Education Dr. KK Talwar, renowned doctors and
senior officers of both the departments were present.
Mr. Badal also directed the Health Department to
accelerate the procedure for filling up all the vacant posts and ensure
sent-percent availability of Specialists and MBBS Doctors besides, other
Para-medical staff in all the hospitals in a time bound manner. Accepting the
request of Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education Mrs. Vini Mahajan
to ensure the smooth functioning of health care services in the State, the
Chief Minister approved to create about 200 additional posts against the
doctors who had proceeded for higher studies.
Emphasizing the dire need to aware the general
public about the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable
diseases, including locally endemic diseases, the Chief Minister asked the Health
department to launch a massive awareness campaign soon.
While reviewing a comparative analysis and progress of
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), which was launched in 2005 in the Country
with the main objective to reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal
Mortality Ratio (MMR), Mr. Badal said that although Punjab had been appreciated
at National level for its outstanding efforts in reducing IMR but it was still
needed to achieve more. He asked the department to chalk out a plan for establishing
separate Hospitals or Wing for the Mother & Child care. Mr. Badal further
directed the department to create a system under which every newborn baby must
be given intensive health care for crucial first month even after being
discharged from the hospital.
In the meeting, Mr. Badal also reviewed the status and
progress of establishing five new 50-bedded (each) ‘Model Drug De-addiction
Centers’ at Amritsar, Jalandhar, Faridkot, Bathinda and Patiala, which would be
made function as tertiary care facility besides service, training,
documentation, research and manpower development centers. Likewise to provide
accessible and uniform health care services for drug users at all District/
Sub-divisional Hospitals, total 31 centers with 10-bed facility in each were
being established. Out of which seven pre-existing Centers had already been
operational and 3 newly constructed would also be functional soon besides, 21
Centers were to be constructed. Mr. Badal asked the Health Department to ensure
the availability of adequate staff and other essential support at the newly
constructed Centers at Khiala Kalan, Hoshiarpur and Batala.
The Chief Minister also approved the setting up of Drug
De-addiction services in Central Jails and would launch Prison Drug
De-addiction Programme at Ludhiana Jail soon.
Mr. Badal also approved the recommendations of PGIMR
experts Prof. Ajit Awasthi and Prof. Debasish Basu for documentation and
monitoring of the drug abuse situation across the state besides, conducting a
detailed study in a scientific manner with the active involvement of ICMR. He
also impressed upon the need to involve NGOs in this programme by allotting
them a specific area or villages around a particular Drug De-addiction center.
Mr. Badal also asked the department to chalk out the
modalities for introducing Pay Clinic system in the Medical Colleges for the
working Doctors to shun the practice of their working in the private health
Institution after the college hours.
During the meeting the Chief Minister was apprised by the
MD Punjab Health System Corporation Mr. Husan Lal that under the revised Core
Plan of Rs. 268 crore the up gradation works in one District Hospital, six Sub
Divisional Hospitals, six CHCs and 36 PHCs had been completed, whereas rest of
the work was in process. It was also informed that out of 300 MBBS doctors
selected by PPSC, 290 doctors had joined the department so far.
Prominent amongst those who were present in the meeting
included Health & Family Welfare Minister Mr. Madan Mohan Mittal, Chief
Parliamentary Secretary Health Dr. Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Advisor on Health &
Medical Education Dr. KK Talwar, Dr. Ajit Awasthi from PGIMER, Principal
Secretary Health and Medical Education Mrs. Vini Mahajan, Special Principal
Secretary to the CM Mr. Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, MD Punjab Health System
Corporation Mr. Hussan Lal, NRHM Director Mr. Raj Kamal Chaudhary, DRME Dr.
Tejveer Singh, Director Health Dr. Ashok Nayyar, VC Baba Farid Medical
University Dr. SS Gill and Principals of Government Medical Colleges of Patiala
and Amritsar besides, other Medico Professionals, Experts and officers of the
state government.
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