Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi inaugurated the first-ever Asha help desk at the Coronation hospital on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Negi lauded the creation of help desk and termed them extremely beneficial for the very poor sections of the society.
He said that these desks would improve the image of the Government hospitals of the State. The minister exhorted the Asha workers to work with dedication in the project.
He also asked them to give feedback of the hospitals and promised that secrecy would be maintained while dealing with the information provided by them. The help desk is started to help aged, specially able persons and women in the government hospitals.
The Director General of health services, Dr RP Bhatt said that the help desk would be first such place in the hospitals where patients can get all the information about the health facilities of the state government. The health secretary, Bhupendra Kaur Olakh said that these help desks would start in all the hospitals of the state. It is worth mentioning here that 11,086 Asha workers are working in Uttarakhand.