Chandigarh has bagged three national awards for good health indicators.
At the recently concluded national summit on best practices and innovation in public health care held at Srinagar, the city bagged three awards for improvement in the indoor patient care, outdoor patient care and reduction in infant mortality rate/early neo-natal mortality rate. The national summit was organised by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
As per the health indicators presented by NRHM Chandigarh, the Union Territory stands second in the country among various UTs/States having achieved Infant Mortality Rate 20 per thousand live births as per SRS 2011 report. Infant mortality rate has been reduced from 29 as per 2008 SRS to 20 as per SRS 2011.
UT Home-cum-Health Secretary Anil Kumar said, “Chandigarh is the only UT/State in the country where immunisation services are provided three days a week as compared to 2 days in a week in other States. Regular outreach sessions are held to cover high risk population at the constructions sites/ rag pickers/un-listed slum areas.”
Anil said, “The improvement in infrastructure in terms of skilled manpower, machine and equipment, medicine supply and other strategies adopted from time to time at various levels have paid dividends.”
“Under NRHM, 733 posts were sanctioned in 2012-2013, 679 posts have been filled so far. 74 doctors, 20 ayush officers, 89 ANMs, 20 lab technicians, 108 staff nurses have been filled. Additional beds, lab facilities 24X7 alongwith ultrasound services and other diagnostic facilities, Signages etc have been strengthened with the support from the administration and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,” he added.