The new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun Dr YS Thapliyal has said that proper implementation of National health programmes is on top of his work agenda. Dr Thapliyal who presently is the CMO of Tehri would assume new responsibility on November 2.
He told The Pioneer that national programmes like Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination would be completed with targeted achievement. He said that he would take the cooperation of all for the success of the programme.
Dr Thapliyal said that he would also try to address the grievances of the health workers. It is worth mentioning here that the Asha workers are on a path of agitation for more than two months now.
The Asha workers are even boycotting the ambitious MR vaccination campaign which aims to vaccinate more than 28 lakh children between the ages of 9 months to 15 year. On the day of launch of the project on October 30, these workers indulged in lockouts of many vaccination centres.
Incidentally Dr Thapliyal was the officiating CMO of Dehradun before being transferred to Tehri. He replaces Dr T C Pant who is promoted to the post of director in state health directorate. CMO of Haridwar, Dr Ravinder Thapliyal would be the new director of Garhwal division while Dr Ashok Kumar Gairola has been made the officiating CMO of Haridwar.
The CMO of Udham Singh Nagar Dr R K Pandey has been promoted to the post of director in the health directorate. Dr Padma Rawat senior gynecologist Doon Female hospital has been appointed as CMO of Tehri.