Governor Anandiben Patel has directed the Health Department to ensure adequate stock of medicines prescribed by the doctors in hospitals.
Doctors should prescribe only those medicines to the poor and rural people available in hospitals. It is the responsibility of the sarpanchs and public representatives to extend full support in the immunization campaign.
laying stress on paying special attention on the health of teenage girls she said if their haemoglobin count turns out to be less during the test, then their nutrition level should be increased and proper treatment must be given.
Patel was addressing a gathering at the launching programme of a new vaccine PCB given to protect children from fatal diseases like pneumonia and brain fever organised by the Health Department on World Health Day on Saturday. It may be noted that the new vaccine PCB will be available at all health institutions of the state free of cost.
The Governor said that doctors must visit villages accompanied by sarpanchs and public representatives to provide health facilities and contribute in development. She told doctors to extend support to the Government in protecting children from malnutrition.
She said that the purity of water and quality and nutrition value of the food distributed to children in primary schools and anganwadis should be examined. She said that all the sections should extend support in cleanliness campaign in villages, cities, schools, anganwadi and public places.
Health Minister Rustum Singh said that there should be sense of service in everyone along with doctors. All should work unitedly to make the state healthy. Attention should be paid on how to provide best health facilities to the villagers, poor and backward class.
Michael Juma, Chief UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh congratulated the State Government for introducing the Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the State in all 51 districts simultaneously. 'Vaccine will help in saving 13,500 lives of children in the State and introduction of three doses of PCV at 6 weeks, 14 weeks and 9 months free of cost by the State Government will help reduce out of pocket expenses on the parents' Juma added.
Principal Secretary of Health Department Gauri Singh welcomed guests at the programme, while the Governor awarded organizations and sarpanchs for outstanding performance under Kayakalp programme. Commissioner Health Pallavi Jain, Director National Health Mission S Vishwanathan and World Health Organisation representative BP Subramaniam were present.