Chief Minister Raman Singh has directed Health Department Officials on Monday to ensure that common people have easy access to regular supply of general medicines for affordable medical treatment of various diseases.
Doctors of all the Government hospitals should compulsorily prescribe generic medicines to the patients. Chief Minister said that sufficient stock of generic medicine should be made available in Rs Jan Aushadhi Kendra’ in State.
Chief Minister was presiding over the review meeting of Health department at Mantralaya (Mahanadi Bhavan). He also gave instruction to open District Hospitals of 100-bed capacity in Raigarh and Rajnandgaon by August month this year.
It is noteworthy that these days District headquarters now have Medical Colleges and District Hospitals of these districts have been affiliated to the medical colleges.
In the review meeting held here, Chief Minister also directed officials to modernise Government District Hospitals in eight District Headquarters namely Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Jashpur, Kanker, Dhamtari, Korba and Mahasamund. Raman Singh underlined the importance of blood test for sickle cell in school children and children enrolled in Aanganbadi centres, under Chirayu Project of Health Department. He directed Health department to make necessary arrangements for this.
It was informed in the meeting that health check-up of 63 lakh children in the first phase and health check-up of more than 37 lakh children in the second phase of Chirayu Project has been done in their schools and Aanganbadis.
As many as 292 Chirayu vehicles are also being operated for this project. Chief Minister also directed officials to transfer honorariums of ‘mitanins’ directly in their bank accounts. In the meeting, Health Minister Ajay Chandrakar, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary N Baijendra Kumar and Health Department Secretary Vikassheel and other senior officials were also present.