Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday directed the officers concerned to expand the ambit of the Cornea Implant programme in the state.
He said that the Cornea Implant programme which is being run under the national program for Control of Blindness (NPCB) in three districts namely, Ambala, Panchkula and Gurugram, should be run throughout the state so that maximum number of patients are covered under the scheme.
The Chief Minister issued these directions, while presiding over a general body meeting of Haryana National Health Mission, here. Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister OP Dhankar, Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain, Transport Minister Krishan Lal Panwar, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Bedi, Minister of Public Health and Engineering Banwari Lal and MLA, Latika Sharma were also present in the meeting.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister was informed that in 2018-19, an achievement of 105 per cent has been recorded in the implementation of Health and Wellness Center.
He instructed the officers to prepare a list of health and wellness centers being operational under the National Health Mission and bring it in the notice of nominated members.
The Chief Minister also directed the officers to nominate the non-government members of the society to ensure accountability of operational schemes and programmes.
It was informed that institutional delivery was 93 per cent according to Central Registration System, April 2019. Infant Mortality rate which was 41 according to SRS 2013 had reduced to 30 as per SRS 2017.
It was also informed that there is a proposal to set up Mother and Child hospital in Panchkula, Panipat and Mewat districts and linking of Aadhaar with vaccination services in the state have been started and would be expanded in future.
While emphasizing on institutional delivery, Manohar Lal directed the officers of the Department to provide the district-wise detailed data about institutional deliveries and deliveries held at home, in the last one year.
On the suggestion of the Finance Minister, Capt Abhimanyu for making intuitional deliveries more effective in rural and remote areas of the state, the Chief Minister instructed the officers to conduct complete survey of any of the three villages suggested by the Finance Minister. Apart from this, the Chief Minister also directed to launch a special awareness campaign to encourage institutional delivery among the people in areas like Mewat.
On the matter of retaining doctors till the age of 65 years, the Chief Minister directed the officers of the department to ensure that the doctors who are kept in service after 58 years of age, their services should be extended every year after annual evaluation of their work.
The Chief Minister said that at present, 359 Ambulances are operational in the health department, out of which 150 new ambulances have been replaced with old ambulances in 2018-2019. At present, the access time to ambulance in Haryana is about 15 minutes, which should be reduced by the department in the coming time for ensuring quick treatment, he said.
In addition, the Chief Minister asked the officers to make efforts in linking the ambulance with the centralized control center being set up by the Police Department so that the ambulance service can be integrated across the state.