The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at old hospital building in Janjgir-Champa city will function as ‘City Dispensary’ from Wednesday, so that residents of the city need not to go to district hospital for treatment,” said Public Health and Family Welfare Minister and in-charge Minister of the district Amar Agrawal.
In the general meeting of the Jeevan Deep Committee held here on Tuesday, Agrawal ordered to provide free generic medicines to the patients at district hospital and all community health centres, primary and sub health centres and to ensure proper cleanliness in all hospitals. The Minister said that all necessary basic facilities for patients should be ensured in all health centres. The ‘Jeevan Deep Committee’ meetings should be convened in all health centres within the next one month, he added.
He instructed to call tenders for dry-cleaning and kitchens in all district hospitals. Agrawal said that along with Sanjeevni 108 and Mahtari 102 ambulance, Muktanjali services should also be made available to people. The In-charge minister has given permission for purchase of a vehicle for transportation of doctors during their tour, as per rules of the Finance Department. In the meeting, Civil Surgeon VK Agrawal presented income and expenditure account for the financial year 2013-14, which the committee has approved.
Janjgir-Champa MP Kamla Devi Patle, District Panchayat President Suraj Vyas Kashyap, Akaltara MlA Chunnilal Sahu, Pamgarh MlA Ambesh Jangde, Jaijaipur MlA Keshav Chandra, District Panchayat Vice President Rohit Dahariya, Janjgir-Champa Municipal Council Chairman Ramesh Paigwar, Champa Municipal Council Chairman Pradip Namdev, In-charge Collector and District Panchayat CEO Taman Singh Sonwani, SP Arif Sheik, Additional Collector SK Sharma, CMHO Dr Rl Dhritlahre and members of Jeevan Deep and Ayush Deep committees were present in the meeting.