Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday announced a scheme for Screening of Newborn for Enhancement of Health’ (SNEH) to be launched on the birthday of former Prime Minister and BJP patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee on December 25.
The scheme is also named ‘Atal SNEH’ as mark of respect to the nonagenarian leader. Vajpayee would celebrate his 92nd Birthday on December 25th this year. Speaking at a function to mark the launch of the State wide School Health Check-up Scheme of 1.50 crore school going children in the State, Rupani said that his Government was sensitive on health issues and the proposed Atal SNEH scheme would take care of the newborn babies in Gujarat. Divulging details of the Atal SNEH scheme, he said that under the scheme the State Government would take care of neural tube defects, cleft lift and palate, clubbed foot, congenital cataract, congenital deafness, congenital heart diseases, retinopathy of prematurely, down syndrome and other defects and diseases in Government or private maternity homes.