In order to ensure improved medical services to people of the district, Collector Umesh Kumar Agrawal, has directed the officials concerned to make all the facilities, including bed, drinking water and lavatories available to the patients in the hospitals.
He asked them to send proposals for the repair of damaged instruments in the hospitals. The collector ordered the staff members of health and woman and child development departments to coordinate with each other in this regard.
He asked them to ensure registration of pregnant women and extend the benefit of institutional delivery to them. “Provide the benefits of National Health Programmes to the people,” he added. Collector Agrawal told the officials to prepare a list of hospitals lacking necessary medicines, furniture and medical equipment. He asked them to use the fund available with Jeevandeep Samitis for providing drinking water and repairing lavatories, wherever necessary. Issuing instructions to increasing attendance of children aging 3 to 6 years in Anganwadi centers, he urged to upgrade 5 Anganwadi centers in their respective areas to model centers.