Haryana has recorded 91.2 percent institutional deliveries during this year till March as against 89.10 per cent in 2015.
To decrease infant mortality rate and ensure quality child heathcare, Haryana Government had established 22 Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU), 66 New Born Stabilising Units (NBSU) and 318 New Born Care Corners under Child Health Programme in the State. During the financial year 2015-16 24,280 newborn were admitted in SNCUs.
This was informed in a meeting of Governing body of State Health Society, National Health Mission, presided over by Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Tuesday.
While reviewing the functioning of the State Health Society, it was informed that 28 First Referral Units are performing cesarean sections at Government Health facilities, said an official spokesman.
The Central Government has approved resource envelope of Rs309.57 crore of National Health Mission for Haryana for the financial year 2016-17. Also, Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) of Rs610.04 crore has been forwarded to the Central Government to cover a number of aspects including maternal and child health, family planning, adolescent health, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, human resources and training, he said.
During the meeting, it was informed that under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) state plan assistance of Rs1500 is being provided to pregnant woman belonging to Scheduled Caste families for delivery in the health institutions. During 2015-16 as many as 40,740 beneficiaries were given incentive under this scheme.
The spokesman said that there are 375 ambulances in all districts of the State under National Ambulance Service Scheme. These included 259 Basic life Support Ambulances, 34 Patient Transport Ambulances, 34 Kilkari and 48 Advance life Support Ambulances.
Nine Mobile Medical Units are running in the State to provide essential services in underserved and un-served areas. And, all mobile medical units are being tracked through GPS. As many as 25 villages have been identified in each district with population of 3000 or more to be covered by Mobile Medical Units, added the spokesman.