Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday said opening of six medical colleges in the State would strengthen health services besides mitigating the shortage of doctors
Speaking at a function to inaugurate Rs 1.60 crore Fibro-scan machine at IGMC, Shimla, Singh said his Government had recruited adequate para-medical staff to ensure their availability at every health institution in the State. “Health institutions were being equipped with latest medical equipments so that major diagnostic tests could be conducted in the hospital itself,” he said.
The CM said efforts were being made to provide health facilities in rural areas at par with urban areas, as maximum population resides in villages.
Dedicating the latest medical technology machine to the public, he said it would be able to scan the extent of liver damage without biopsy.
later, addressing the nurses on the concluding function of International Nursing Week celebrations, the Chief Minister announced that Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) period of service of the nurses would be counted as period of contract service. He also announced 850,000 to Nursing Association for promoting cultural activities.
Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur said that health indicators of the State had been adjudged best in the country and the State Government had been making sustained efforts to further strengthen health infrastructure. He said installation of fibro-scan machine at IGMC will prove to be a mile-stone in diagnoses and treatment of liver diseases. Tests will be conducted on daily basis without waiting period for which the patients earlier had to go to PGIMER, Chandigarh.