Union Health Minister, JP Nadda, announced on Saturday that the poor-oriented health services in the country would be revolutionised in a phased manner.
launching pneumonia meningitis at the lal bahadur Shastri Government Medial College Mandi at Ner chowk he announced that pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PVC) under the universal immunization (UIP) would go a long way in protecting the health of the infants, particularly of the poor sections of the society. The cost of the high priced vaccine would be paid by the central government. The medicine was already available in the market, but was beyond the reach of the poor.
He said in the beginning a sum of Rs 21 lakh had been provided for Himachal Pradesh and some parts of UP and Bihar in the first phase. Subsequently the scheme would be expanded to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in the second phase and in this way the entie country would be covered under the scheme. No chid should be deprived to the life saving vaccine was the goal of the scheme, he said.