Amid the heated political debate over chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki jai’, the outspoken Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said that people who do not wish to chant 'Bharat Mata ki jai' should be “sent” to RSS Shakhas.
The Haryana Health and Sports Minister also wanted to know "what is wrong in saying Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and said "these people (who do not wish to chant the slogan) must be sent to RSS Shakhas."
Anil Vij while addressing mediapersons at the ‘Meet the Press’ programme here said there is nothing wrong in chanting the slogan.
On his campaign for declaring cow as the national animal, the Minister said that the issue is being discussed with Central Ministers. The Minister said "stringent laws" should be enacted to check cow slaughter as it provides milk to people of all religions.
The five-time MlA also said, "It is need of the hour to make children aware about Gita as it contains history of the country".
Drug is a Punjab problem
Vij alleged drug addiction has become a "problem" in Haryana districts neighbouring Punjab. "Punjab is facing the problem of drug addiction and there have been several cases where youths in districts of Haryana close to Punjab have been found to be addicted to drugs," said the BJP Minister, whose party is an ally of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab.
He added the Haryana Government has been taking preventive, curative and educative measures to make people aware of the problem of drugs.
Shortage of doctors
Admitting that there is an acute shortage of doctors in the state, he said that about 300 medical officers have been recruited by the present Government. The Government is going to recruit more doctors in the State. In addition, a separate cadre of specialists is being made in the department so as to ensure all kind of heath care services to the patients, he added.
He also said that a permanent transparent transfer policy would soon be rolled out for doctors and other staff of the department. A software has been developed for the same, said he.
On the transfers of officers in the state, he said that the officers should not be transferred before two years as it hampers work.
Improvements in Health
About the steps taken for improvement in the health sector, he said that as many 84 government hospitals in Haryana will be upgraded so they become compliant with standards prescribed by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Health care (NABH).
"A survey is in process and all 84 government hospitals in the state will be to NABH level in one go soon," said he adding, "37 per cent of states total budget will be spent on upgrading government hospitals".
Claiming that the number of out and in patients in government hospitals has increased in the recent past, he said. MRI and CT Scan facilities will be made available in all the 21 district hospitals in the state.
Besides, there will be the facility for dialysis in each district level hospital, he added.
Vij said a digital database of patients will be created in government hospitals and government medical colleges. Besides, laboratory reports of patients will be sent to them on their mobiles through text messages, he said.
Biometric attendance of staff of hospitals will be made compulsory, he said.
He informed that the government had given a letter of Intent (loI) to Sirsa based Dera Sacha Sauda to set up a super speciality hospital. Also, SGPC has been asked to expedite construction of Shahbad (Kurukshetra district) medical college for which more funds from the Sikh religious body have been received, he said.
"Many trusts are keen to open hospitals in Haryana. One trust has evinced interest to open hospital in Dadri and Faridabad," he said.
The Health Minister said that the State Government has decided to open senior citizen corners in all government hospitals in the state to ensure better services to them in these institutions. Senior citizens need not stand in queues for their registration as staff would be deployed in these corners to properly guide and help them for any kind of treatment at these institutions, added Vij.