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| Says strengthening health infra Govt’s top priority |
At an
impressive function held at Domana, near here, the Health Minister pushed the
computer button and simultaneously inaugurated 33 health buildings constructed
at an aggregated cost of Rs 28.51 crore.
Simultaneous
arrangements were also made for physical inauguration of these buildings by the
concerned MLAs and senior Officers under whose jurisdiction the buildings were
constructed.
The MLAs
who inaugurated the buildings in their respective areas included, Choudhary
Mohammad Akram (Surankote), Pawan Gupta (Udhampur), Choudhary Qamar Hussain
(Rajouri), Devender Singh Rana (Nagrota), Chander Parkash Ganga (Vijaypur), Dr
Devinder Manyal (Samba) and Kuldeep Raj (Hira Nagar).
The move
was first of its kind in the history of health department making synchronized
inaugurations, which was aimed to make optimum use of technology and saving
time and expenditure.
On the
occasion, the Minister also laid foundation of New Type Primary Health Center
(NTPHC) building at Domana to be jointly used by the health and ISM
Departments.
Addressing
a well attended public meeting after the inaugural ceremony, the Minister said
it is the top priority of the Government to upgrade the existing health
infrastructure, especially in the rural and far-flung areas to ensure
availability of better healthcare and diagnostic facilities to the people at
their doorstep.
He said the Government has taken
several measures to augment the health services vis-à-vis streamlining the functioning of
the health institutions by rationalizing the staff strength as per the actual
workload of the individual institution. He said all vacant posts of doctors and
paramedics have been referred to the concerned recruiting agencies for making
fast-track recruitments.
Bali said
that immediately after he assumed charge of the health ministry, several
patient-friendly reformative initiatives were taken to further improve the
health services, especially for the poor patients. The initiatives included,
free medicines in all health institutions, lab and other diagnostic tests on
nominal charges, auditing of patients’
prescriptions, free services for the pregnant ladies, promoting institutional
deliveries, providing free ambulatory services to pregnant women from their
homes to hospitals and back, improving sanitation facilities by outsourcing the
institutions to the Sulabh International, opening of Jan Aushadhi Pharmacies in
the health centers etc.
Listing the
developmental initiatives in the Raipur-Domana constituency, the Minister said
that since the formation of BJP-PDP Government lot of work has been done in all
sectors and people can feel the change on ground and compare the performance
with the past regimes over five decades.
The major
initiatives included, opening of Degree College, laying foundation of
100-bedded hospital at Kote Bhalwal, blacktopping of over 100-kms of link
roads, upgradation of Bantalab-Amb Gharota road. The efforts have also been
stepped up for early start of work on important Jammu-Akhnoor road that has
been sanctioned under PMDP. He called upon the people to cooperate with the
government for speedy implementation of various development programmes.
Prominent
among those present on the occasion included, Director Family Welfare, Dr.
Sameer Mattoo, Managing Director, JKMSCL, Dr. Yashpal Sharma, Director Health
Services, Jammu, Dr Gurjeet Singh Soodan, CMO, Jammu, Dr Robinder Khajuria,
local leaders including Omi Khajuria, Sukhdev Singh, Ved Parkash Sharma and
several functionaries of the health department.
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