Haryana has been awarded the SKOCH Award for 'Best State in Health'. Besides this, Anil Vij was awarded with the title of the Best Health Minister in the country.
This Award has been given for several outstanding initiatives taken in the field of health at the state and district levels.
Additional Chief Secretary, Health Rajeev Arora, Director of AYUSH Department, Prabhjot Singh and Director General of Health Suraj Bhan Kamboj handed over the SKOCH Awards to the Health Minister.
He said that private institution, SKOCH had conducted a thorough research and assessment in the health sector across the country according to which the state of Haryana has performed outstandingly in the field of health in the country.
Also, the state of Karnataka was ranked second among them.
According to SKOCH, all departments of the state had worked in cooperation under the leadership of Vij resulting in rendering excellent health services to the people of the state even during the opandemic.
