Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur along with Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday launched six health schemes for the State from Kullu.
These schemes are Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC), laQshya Programme, Anemia Mukt Bharat, e-Compliance programme and Mobile App of Universal Health Protection Scheme. He also laid foundation stone of 100-bedded Mother and Child Health Wing at regional hospital Kullu to be constructed at a cost of Rs 20 crore. The state government has received Rs 5 crore for this project as first installment from Government of India.
laQshya Programme is an initiative to improve the quality of care in the labour rooms and operation theatres and other areas related to mother and child to reduce proportion of maternal and newborn deaths. Anemia Mukt Bharat is a step towards making mothers and children anemia free.
Mobile App of Universal Health Protection Scheme aims at achieving universal health coverage while e-Compliance is an endeavour to check TB in the country and ensure 100 per cent compliance of treatment of TB. Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC) has been launched in association with TATA Trust for linking the patients with specialist doctors for world class treatment.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government has enhanced the assistance under RSBY to Rs 1.75 lakh and Rs 2.25 lakh for cancer care. The Mother and Child Health Wing in regional hospital Kullu would go a long way in ensuring quality services to the pregnant women and newly born babies.
Principal Secretary, Health Parbodh Saxena detailed salient features of all these schemes.