In order to provide better health facilities to the people of the state, the Haryana Government has decided to upgrade various health centres besides opening new healthcare institutions.
Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu said that the Finance Department has taken this decision with the approval of Chief Minister Manohar Lal on the proposal of Health Minister Anil Vij. Giving details, Capt. Abhimanyu said that the government has decided to upgrade the Primary Health Centres of village Amboli of Ambala Bhoothankalan of Fatehabad as Community Health Centres and open new Community Health Centre in village Akbarpur in Yamunanagar.
He said that 51 new posts have been approved for these three health centres. An annual expenditure of around Rs 27.67 crore will be incurred on these health centres.
The Minister said that it has also been decided to upgrade the Primary Health Centre at Nigdu, district Karnal to Community Health Centre. 16 new posts have also been approved for this Centre, which will cost about Rs 2.20 crore rupees annually.
Apart from this, approval has also been given for opening sub-health centres in village Ishak of district Kurukshetra, village Rajana Khurd of district Jind and village Ritoli of district Rohtak. Capt. Abhimanyu said that the approval has also been given to open a Sub-Health Centre at Mehrana of district Charkhi Dadri and Community Health Centre at village Karsindhu of district Jind. For this, 15 new posts have been approved.
An approval has also been given for opening an Ayurvedic Dispensary in village Chanarthal of district Kurukshetra. This will cost about Rs 25.28 lakh annually. Five posts have been approved for the dispensary, he said. The Finance Minister said the approval has also been given to establish Primary Health Centres in village Pardhana of district Karnal, village Barot of district Kurukshetra, village Bisru of Nuh and village Mohri of Yamunanagar.