Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday directed the officials concerned to implement Aadhaar linked immunisation programme of children in the State so that left out children, if any, could be identified and covered accordingly.
Haryana is the first State in the country which has started Aadhar linked birth registration programme in the state. Under this, 92.7 per cent children between zero and five years of age have so far been covered in the state.
The Chief Minister presided over a meeting of general body of State Health Mission (National Health Mission) here.
During the meeting, he directed that the malnutrition management programmes improving the health of children in the State should be intensified.
He also exhorted the concerned officers to take up challenges in healthcare sector in a mission mode, identify and target a specific healthcare programme be it malnutrition, blindness, TB or other diseases and work on it so as to ensure the desired results in a stipulated period.
While reviewing the progress of mobile medical units (MMU), Manohar lal asked them to explore
possibilities of launching maximum MMU so as to ensure essential medical
services in neglected areas in the State.
It was informed in the meeting that at present, nine MMUs are providing services in the State.
He also asked the officer to conduct mapping of health services to make healthcare facilities more cost effective.
The general body meet approved resource envelope of Rs 404.10 crore for the year 2016-17.
It also approved to grant compassionate financial assistance of Rs 3 lakh to the family of deceased employee working under State and district health societies as per State Government policy and 10 medical leaves to contractual employees working under National Health Mission in the State.
During the meeting, Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu emphasised the need to strengthen the referral transport system and added that ambulances are the highest visible action of delivery of healthcare services.
He added arrangements for monitoring of ambulances at State level should be made by the department.